Hormiscia penicilliformis (Roth) Areschoug

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Cladophorales
Family Cladophoraceae
Genus Hormiscia

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Publication details
Hormiscia penicilliformis (Roth) Areschoug 1866: 12

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hormiscia is .

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Urospora penicilliformis (Roth) Areschoug

Basionym
Conferva peniciliformis Roth

Type information
Syntype localities: Ad littora mar. sept. pr. Eckwarden [Niedersachsen, Germany] Trentepohl & in insula Norderney Mertens (Roth 1806: 71). Isotype: LD herb. alg. Agardh, no. 7417 Notes: According to Womersley (1984: 221) the type is from Germany (North Sea ); probably lost.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), shaped like a pencil or an artist’s camel-hair brush (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Common names

(as Hormiscia penicilliformis (Roth) Areschoug)
Japanese: Shirio-midoro (Tokida 1954).

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Hormiscia&species=penicilliformis

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Hormiscia&Species=penicilliformis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 23 September 2004 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 397 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=12590

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.