Chlorellopsis engadinensis Kol & F.Chodat 1934
Publication Details
Chlorellopsis engadinensis Kol & F.Chodat 1934: 256, pl. 1: figs. 69-82
Published in: Kol, E. & Chodat, F. (1934). Quelques algues nouvelles des sols et de la neige du Parc National Suisse, Engadine. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Genève 25: 250-263.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Chlorellopsis.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudomuriella engadinensis (Kol & F.Chodat) Fuciková, Rada & L.A.Lewis.
Source of Synonymy
Fuciková, K., Rada, J.C. & Lewis, L.A. (2011). The tangled taxonomic history of Dictyococcus, Bracteacoccus and Pseudomuriella (Chlorophyceae,Chlorophyta) and their distinction based on a phylogenetic perspective. Phycologia 50(4): 422-429.
Type Information
Type locality: Switzerland: Engadin; (INA 1996) Notes: Lectotype: Specimen Conn00111840 deposited at George Stafford Herbarium, Univ. of Connecticut Biological Collections, Storrs, CT, USA; Isotype: Cryopreserved algal culture UTEX 57 (Fucikova et al. 2011: 428).
Created: 09 August 2011 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 August 2024
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Nomenclatural note
The authors chose a "lectotype" and "isotype" from cultures from the type locality collected by F. Chodat (UTEX 57), although this is not clear from the text. - (15 August 2011) - M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 June 2025
