Cosmoastrum pyramidatum Palamar-Mordvintseva

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Conjugatophyceae
Order Desmidiales
Family Desmidiaceae
Genus Cosmoastrum

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Publication details
Cosmoastrum pyramidatum Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cosmoastrum is Cosmoastrum polytrichum (Perty) Palamar-Mordvintseva.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Staurastrum pyramidatum West

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), in the form of a pyramid.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Source of synonymy
Fuzinato, S., Cvijan, M. & Krizmanic, J. (2011). A checklist of desmids (Conjugatophyceae, Chlorophyta) of Serbia. III. Genus Staurastrum. Cryptogamie Algologie 32(4): 363-377.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Cosmoastrum&species=pyramidatum

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Cosmoastrum&Species=pyramidatum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 15 November 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Verified by: 15 November 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 52 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=144308

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:113791