Octacanthium (Hansgirg) Compère, 1996: 502
Holotype species: Octacanthium octocorne (Ralfs) Compère
Original publication and holotype designation:Compère, P. (1996). Octacanthium (Hansgirg) Compère, a new generic name in the Desmidiaceae. Beihefte Nova Hedwigia 112: 501-507, 11 figs.
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Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Numbers of names and species: There are 10 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present, of which 9 have been flagged as currently accepted taxonomically.
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):
Octacanthium bifidum (Brébisson) Compère C
Octacanthium borgei (Thomasson) Compère C
Octacanthium controversum var. mamillatum (C.E.M.Bicudo & R.M.T.Bicudo) Sophia & C.E.M.Bicudo C
Octacanthium controversum (West & G.S.West) Compère C
Octacanthium japonicum (M.Hirano) Compère C
Octacanthium longispinum (Borge) P.Compère C
Octacanthium mucronulatum (Nordstedt) P.Compère C
Octacanthium octocorne (Ralfs) Compère C - type
Octacanthium sachlanii (A.M.Scott & G.W.Prescott) P.Compère C
Octacanthium trispinatum (West & G.S.West) P.Compère C
References
Cambra Sánchez, J., Álvarez Cobelas, M. & Aboal Sanjurjo, M. (1998). Lista florística y bibliográfica de los clorófitos (Chlorophyta) de la Península Ibérica, Islas Baleares e Islas Canarias. pp. 1-614. Burgos: Asociación Española de Limnología.
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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 26 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:90830
