Heterochromonas vivipara (Ehrenberg) Pascher 1912

Publication Details
Heterochromonas vivipara (Ehrenberg) Pascher 1912: 190

Published in: Pascher, A. (1912). Über Rhizopoden- und Palmellastadien bei Flagellaten (Chrysomonaden), nebst einter Übersicht über die braunen Flagellaten. Archiv für Protistenkunde 25(2): 153-200, 7 figures, 1 table, plate 9.

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Publication date: 1912

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Heterochromonas is Heterochromonas vulgaris (Cienkowski) Pascher.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spumella vivipara (Ehrenberg) Kent.

Source of Synonymy
Kent, W.S. (1880). A manual of the Infusoria: including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate and tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organisation and affinities of the sponges. Vol. 1(1) pp. vii-x, 1-143, 8 plates, 1 frontispiece. London: David Bogue.

Basionym
Monas vivipara Ehrenberg

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 31 March 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025