Pleurococcus minor (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1863

Publication Details
Pleurococcus minor (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1863: 127

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1863). Kryptogamen-Flora von Sachsen, Ober-Lausitz, Thüringen und Nord-Böhmen, mit Berücksichtigung der benachbarten Länder: erste Abtheilung: Algen im weitesten Sinne, Leber und Laubmoose. pp. i-xx, 1-653, Un-numbered figs. Leipzig: Verlag von Eduard Kummer.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pleurococcus is Pleurococcus vulgaris (Greville) Meneghini.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chroococcus minor (Kützing) Nägeli.

Basionym
Protococcus minor Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: "An Brettern und Holz in und ausser dem Wasser" [Nordhausen, Erfurt District, Germany fide Drouet & Daly, 1956: 163]; (Kützing 1845: 144)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), smaller, inferior, lesser (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 February 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 23 May 2013

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 May 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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