Echinella Acharius in F. Weber & D. Mohr, 1810: 340
Holotype species: Echinella radiosa Acharius
Currently accepted name for the type species: Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs
Original publication and holotype designation:Weber, F. & Mohr, D.M.H. (1810). Beiträge zur Naturkunde. In Verbindung mit meinen Freunden verfasst und herausgegeben. Zweiter Band. Mit vier Kupfertafeln. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-400, 5 pls.. Kiel: bei August Schmidt.
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Taxonomic status: currently regarded as a synonym of .
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Numbers of names and species: There are 13 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Echinella acuta Lyngbye S
Echinella circularis Greville S
Echinella crenulata Corda P
Echinella cuneata Lyngbye S
Echinella fasciculata (Agardh) Jurgens S
Echinella fasciculata var. truncata Greville S
Echinella fasciculata Lyngbye S
Echinella geminata Lyngbye S
Echinella oblonga Greville C
Echinella olivacea Lyngbye S
Echinella paradoxa Lyngbye S
Echinella radiosa Acharius S - type
Echinella vitrea Bory de Saint-Vincent S
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6491
