Sphaerospermum Cleve, 1868

Holotype species: Sphaerospermum calcareum Cleve

Currently accepted name for the type species: Mougeotia calcarea (Cleve) Wittrock

Original publication and holotype designation: Cleve, P.T. (1868). Försök till en monografi öfver de Svenska arterna af algfamiljen Zygnemaceae. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series 3 6(11): 1-38, 10 pls.

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Description: Spore ovoideæ vel subsphæricæ; episporium coloratum.

Information kindly contributed by Original description but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mougeotia.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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