Oedogonium operculatum Tiffany 1936

Publication Details
Oedogonium operculatum Tiffany 1936: 2, pl. I [1]: figs 4, 5

Published in: Tiffany, L.H. (1936). New species of Oedogonium. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 55(1): 1-5.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Oedogonium is Oedogonium grande Kützing ex Hirn.

Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Type Information
Type locality: near Cape Town, South Africa; (Tiffany 1936: 2)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 November 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: place of deposition of the type not specified; "operculosum" also may be correctable to "operculatum" which would be a later homonym if validated. - (19 October 2022) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 June 2025