Amblyophis ovum (Ehrenberg) Diesing 1850
Current name:
Lepocinclis ovum (Ehrenberg) Lemmermann
Poland, cattle pond near Tałty Lake; 13 May 2018 - 16 May 2020. Bożena Zakryś (zakrys@biol.uw.edu.pl)
Publication Details
Amblyophis ovum (Ehrenberg) Diesing 1850: 82 (as 'Ovum')
Published in: Diesing, K.M. (1850). Systema helminthum Vol. 1. pp. [i]-xiii, [1]-680. Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amblyophis is Amblyophis viridis Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lepocinclis ovum (Ehrenberg) Lemmermann.
Basionym
Euglena ovum Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: Berlin, Germany; (Ehrenberg 1840: 200) Notes: Lectotype: Ehrenberg, unpublished drawing no. 551, dated April 1840 (B). Epitype: in Culture Collection of Algae at Univ. of Cologne Strain AICB 278 (CCAC 0099) permanently preserved (cells in resin for electron microscopy) (Marin et al. 2003: 103). Not correctly designated by Marin et al. (2003: 103) and further designated by Bozen & al. (2020: 1), who also designated an epitype [Figure 3a in Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. (2019)], a representative DNA sequence: GenBank AF110419, and a representative strain, SAG 1244-8. The epitype locality is freshwater, cattle pond near Talty Lake, Mazurian Lake District, Poland.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 February 2024
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024