Aulacocystis pellucida (Kützing) Hassall 1845

Publication Details
Aulacocystis pellucida (Kützing) Hassall 1845: 437, pl. 102: fig. 8

Published in: Hassall, A.H. (1845). A history of the British freshwater algae, including descriptions of the Desmideae and Diatomaceae. With upwards of one hundred plates, illustrating the various species. Vol. I. pp. [i]-viii, [i]-462, [ i , err.]. London, Edinburgh, Paris & Leipzig: S. Highley, H. Baillière; Sunderland & Knox; J.B. Baillière; T.O. Weigel.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Aulacocystis.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Amphipleura pellucida (Kützing) Kützing.

Basionym
Frustulia pellucida Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: bei Weisenfels; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pellucid, translucent but not hyaline (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 28 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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