Pleodorina sphaerica M.O.P.Iyengar 1933
Publication Details
Pleodorina sphaerica M.O.P.Iyengar 1933: 370, fig. 4; pl. 28: figs 4, 5
Published in: Iyengar M.O.P. (1933). Contributions to our knowledge of the colonial Volvocales of South India. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 49: 323-373.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleodorina is Pleodorina californica W.R.Shaw.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Vandalur. near Madras, India; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: in a pool on a hill-slope; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), globose, spherical (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 06 September 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 July 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
