Volvox vegetans O.F.Müller 1786
Publication Details
Volvox vegetans O.F.Müller 1786: 22, pl. III [3]: figs 22-25
Published in: Müller, O.F. (1786). Animalcula infusoria fluviatilia et marina quæ detexit, systematice descripsit et ad vivum delineari curavit Otho Fridericus Müller ; sistet opus hoc posthumum, quod cum tabulis Aeneis L. in lucem tradit vidua ejus nobilissima cura Othonis Fabricii. pp. [i]-[ix], [i]-lvi, [1]-367. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: Typis N. Mölleri.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Volvox is Volvox globator Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Anthophysa vegetans (O.F.Müller) F.Stein.
Type Information
Type locality: "in aqua fluvatili" [in river water, Denmark]; (Müller 1786: 23) (Andersen & Woelkerling 2017) Notes: Lectotype: O.F. Müller, 1786 fig. 23; see Andersen & Woelkerling (2017: 2).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
