Euastridium West & G.S.West, 1908: 199
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Conjugatophyceae
Order Desmidiales
Family Desmidiaceae
Holotype species: Euastridium prainii West & G.S.West
Original publication and holotype designation:West, W. & West, G.S. (1908 '1907'). Fresh-water algae from Burma, including a few from Bengal and Madras. Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta 6(2): 175-260, pls X-XVI.
Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Numbers of names and species: There are 3 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present, of which 3 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):
Euastridium prainii West & G.S.West C - type
Euastridium staurastroides N.Carter C
Euastridium verrucosum N.Carter C
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=51354
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:110015
