Acutodesmus pectinatus (Meyen) P.M.Tsarenko 2001
Current name:
Pectinodesmus pectinatus (Meyen) E.Hegewald, M.Wolf, Al.Keller, Friedl & Krienitz
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; pond, 1000x, DIC - 13 April 2013. Karl Bruun
Publication Details
Acutodesmus pectinatus (Meyen) P.M.Tsarenko 2001: 11
Published in: Tsarenko, P. & Petlovany, O.A. (2001). Doplolnenie k Raznoobraziju vodoroslej Ukrainy [Addition to the "Diversity of algae in Ukraine"]. Algologia Supplement (Unnumbered): 1-130. [in Russian with English abstract]
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pectinodesmus pectinatus (Meyen) E.Hegewald, M.Wolf, Al.Keller, Friedl & Krienitz.
Basionym
Scenedesmus pectinatus Meyen
Type Information
Type locality: Germany, Potsdam: Havel R.; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: On Alcyonella stagnorum; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pectinate, with narrow close-set divisions like a comb (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 06 August 2009 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 June 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 June 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024