Pachyphorium truncatum (Nordstedt) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982
Publication Details
Pachyphorium truncatum (Nordstedt) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982: 510, 584, pl. 133: figs 5, 6
Published in: Palamar-Mordvintseva, G.M. (1982). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh vodorosley SSSR. Zelenyye vodorosli. Klass Kon'yugaty. Poryadok Desmidiyevyye [Manual for identification of the freshwater algae of the USSR. Desmidiales]. Vol. 11(2) pp. 620, 163 figures. Leningrad: Nauka Leningradskoe Otdelenie. [in Russian]
Publication date: 1982
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pachyphorium is Pachyphorium woronichinii (Kossinskaja) Palamar-Mordvintseva.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cosmarium truncatum Nordstedt.
Basionym
Cosmarium truncatum Nordstedt
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), truncate, i.e., ending very abruptly as if cut straight across (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 28 October 2015 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 May 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 May 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 May 2024