Rhexinema planctonicum (L.A.Whitford) Darienko & Pröschold 2017
Publication Details
Rhexinema planctonicum (L.A.Whitford) Darienko & Pröschold 2017: 29, figs 16 E, 18 A–H (as 'planctonica')
Published in: Darienko, T. & Pröschold, T. (2017). Toward a monograph of non-marine Ulvophyceae using an integrative approach (Molecular phylogeny and systematics of terrestrial Ulvophyceae II.). Phytotaxa 324(1): 1-41, 23 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhexinema is Rhexinema paucicellulare (Vischer) Geitler.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Helicodictyon planctonicum (L.A.Whitford) L.A.Whitford & G.J.Schumacher.
Basionym
Heterodictyon planctonicum L.A.Whitford
Type Information
Type locality: USA: North Carolina; (Whitford 1956: 201) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Darienko & Pröschold 2017): Fig. 13 in Whitford (1956). Epitype (designated by Darienko & Pröschold 2017): The strain UTEX 1570 is permanently cryopreserved in a metabolically inactive state (cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen) in the UTEX, University of Texas, USA.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), planktonic.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 09 October 2017 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 March 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 March 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
