Monomorphina pyrum var. costata (Conrad) Popova 1947

Publication Details
Monomorphina pyrum var. costata (Conrad) Popova 1947: 57

Published in: Popova, T.G. (1947). Sistematiceskiye zametki po evglenovym. Izv. Zap. Sib. Fil. Nauk SSSR ser. biol. 2: 47-71, II pl.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Monomorphina is Monomorphina pyrum (Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Monomorphina costata (Conrad) Marin & Melkonian.

Source of Synonymy
Marin, B., Palm, A., Klingberg, M. & Melkonian, M. (2003). Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure. Protist 154(1): 99-145, 8 figures, 9 tables.

Basionym
Phacus costatus Conrad

Type Information
Type locality: Latvia: near Libau; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), pear (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 28 January 2011 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 February 2022

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Nomenclatural note
1955: 201 (Index Nominum Algarum). - (28 January 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 February 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025