Protococcus mucosus Kützing 1845
Publication Details
Protococcus mucosus Kützing 1845: 145
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1845). Phycologia germanica, d. i. Deutschlands Algen in bündigen Beschreibungen. Nebst einer Anleitung zum Untersuchen und Bestimmen dieser Gewächse für Anfänger. pp. [i]-x, [1]-340 ['240']. Nordhausen: zu finden bei Wilh. Köhne.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Protococcus is Protococcus kermesinus (Wrangel) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pleurococcus mucosus (Kützing) Rabenhorst.
Type Information
Type locality: "Auf nassen Stellen der Erde" [On wet parts of the earth, presumably Nordhausen Germany]; (Kützing 1845: 145)
Created: 29 August 2022 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 August 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 April 2024
