Selkia Klebahn, 1939

Holotype species: Selkia lacustris Klebahn

Publication details: Klebahn, 1939: 182

Original publication and holotype designation: Klebahn, H. (1937). Zwei nichtgrüne Algen des Süßwassers. Beihefte zum botanischen Centralblatt 59A: 173-187.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-11-25 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Ott, F.D. (2009). Handbook of the taxonomic names associated with the non-marine Rhodophycophyta. pp. [i-]–xxiv, [1]–969, [2]. Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung.

Nomenclatural note
Named for Heinrich Selk (?-1927) according to Ott (2009: 718). - (25 November 2021) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat note
Freshwater Rhodophycean (Wynne & Schneider 2010). - (05 July 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 May 2025