Phacus zingeri Y.V.Roll 1925

Publication Details
Phacus zingeri Y.V.Roll 1925: 142, pl. 5: fig. 24 (as 'Zingeri')

Published in: Roll, Y.V. (1925). Novyye vidy vodorosley naydennyye v okrestnostyakh Sev.-Donetskoy biologicheskoy stantsii [New species of algae found in the vicinity of the North-Donetsk Biological Station]. Russkii Arkhiv Protistologii 4(3-4): 137-152, plates 5-6. [in Russian with French abstract]

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Publication date: 1925

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phacus is Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phacus orbicularis Hübner.

Source of Synonymy
Kosmala, S., Bereza, M., Milanowski, R., Kwiatowski, J. & Zakrys, B. (2007). Morphological and molecular examination of relationships and epiphyte establishment of Phacus pleuronectes, Phacus orbicularis, and Phacus hamelii. Journal of Phycology 43(5): 1071-1082.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 14 July 2023

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025