Characium longipes Braun 1855
Current name:
Characiopsis longipes (Braun) Borzì
prox. Bodmin Moor, Cornwall UK. Collected by Paul Gainey. - 17 June 2012. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Characium longipes Braun 1855: 43, pl. V-D
Published in: Braun, A. (1855). Algarum unicellularium genera nova et minus cognita praemissis observationibus de algis unicellularibus in genere. pp. [1]-114, 6 pls. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud W. Engelmann.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Characium is Characium sieboldii A.Braun.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Characiopsis longipes (Braun) Borzì.
Type Information
in stagno ad Nickolsdorf prope Königstein Saxoniae, Friburgi Brisgoviae (Characium longipes Rabenhorst) [In stagno ad Nickolsciorf prope Konigstein Saxoniae detexit Rabenhaust 1852 in filis Oedogonii et Ulotrichis parasiticum una cum Characio obtuso: In a pond at Nickolsciorf near Konigstein in Saxony, Rabenhaust discovered in 1852 in the threads of Oedogonia and Ulotrichis parasitic together with Characium obtusum]; (Index Nominum Algarum: 43) Notes: Statement in [] from protologue with translation 2023.09.08
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 September 2023
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Roberta Cowan in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024