Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Conjugatophyceae
Order Desmidiales
Family Closteriaceae
Genus Closterium
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Kelly Hall Tarn, Cumbria, UK. 10 Oct 2009. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Detail of apex. Kelly Hall Tarn, Cumbria, UK. 10 Oct 2009. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Publication details
Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs 1848: 163, pl. XXVII: fig. 1
Original publication: Ralfs, J. (1848). The British Desmidieae. pp. [i]-xxii, [i], [1]-226, pls I-XXXV. London: Reeve, Benham & Reeve.
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Type species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Closterium.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
(Latin), crescent.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Echinella radiosa Acharius
Closterium affine F.Gay
Closterium lunula f. coloratum (G.A.Klebs) Kossinskaja
Closterium lunula f. minus West & G.S.West 1904
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs)
Arctic: Ellesmere Island (Croasdale 1973 
).
Europe: Austria (Lenzenweger 1996), Britain (Brook & Johnson 2002, Whitton et al. 2003, Brook & Williamson 2010), Czech Republic (Stastny 2010), France (Kouwets 1999, Anon. 2012), Ireland (John, Williamson & Guiry 2011), Italy (Abdelahad et al. 2003, Abdelahad et al. 2003), Netherlands (Coesel 1983), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Slovenia (Vrhovsek et al. 2006), Spain (Aboal & Llimona 1984a, Aboal & Llimona 1984b, Aboal 1991, Aboal 1996), Turkey (Europe) (Sahín 2005).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), North Carolina (Fucikova et al. 2008).
South America: Brazil (Araújo et al. 2010).
South-west Asia: Iran (Afsharzadeh et al. 2003).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Broady et al. 2012), Tasmania (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Key references
Brook, A.J. & Johnson, L.R. (2002). Order Zygnematales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 479-593. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Brook, A.J. & Williamson, D.B. (2010). A monograph on some British desmids. Order Zygnematales Suborder Zygonemoidiineae Family Zygnemataceae Subfamily Mesotaenioideae (Saccoderm desmids) and Suborder Closteriineae Family Peniaceae and Family Closteriaceae. Edited by J.H. Price & N.J. Evans. pp. [i-ii], iii-v [1-5], 6-364, 157 pls. London: The Ray Society.
Coesel, P.F.M. & Meesters, K.[J.] (2007). Desmids of the Lowlands Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidaceae of the European Lowlands. pp. [1]-351, 20 text-figs, 123 pls. Zeist: KNNV Publishing.
Croasdale, H.T. & Flint, E.A. (1986). Flora of New Zealand. Freshwater algae, Chlorophyta, Desmids. Vol. 1 pp. i-xii, 1-133, 27 pls. Wellington: V.R. Ward, Government Printer.
Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995). Bibliographic check-list of non-marine algae in Australia. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 4: i-vii, 1-276.
Kouwets, F.A.C. (1999). A check-list of desmids (Chlorophyta, Zygnemaphyceae) of France. Patrimoines Natureles 41: 1-148.
Martello, G.V (2006). Alcune desmidiee della zona di Caldenave e della Val d'Inferno - Massiccio montuoso dei Lagorai (Trento). Informatore Botanico Italiano 38(2): 513-536.
Martello, G.V. (2004). Le Demnidiée (Chlorophyta, Zygnematophyceae) dei "Sette Laghi"nel massiccio montuoso dei Lagorai: ecologia e distribuzione in relazione all'acidita delle acque. The Desmids (Chlorophyta,Zygematophyceae) of the "Sette Laghi" in the mountainous group of the Lagorai: ecology and distribution in relationshipwith the pH of the water where they live. Natura Vicentina 8: 5-32.
Nitzsch (1816). Beitrag zur Infusorien-Kunde oder Naturbeschreibung der Zerkarien und Bazillarien. Neu Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle, Dritter Band, Heft I : 1-128.
Ruzicka, J. (1977). Die Desmidiaceen Mitteleuropas. Vol. 1(1) pp. [i-]-vi, [2], [1]-291, [292]], pls 1-44. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
Wei, Y.X. (2003). Flora algarum sinicarum aquae dulcis, Tomus VII. Chlorophyta Zygnematales Mesotaeniaceae Demidiales Desmidiaceae Section I. pp. 1-267, pls I-LII [1-52]. Beijing: Science Press.
West, W. & West, G.S. (1904). A monograph of the British Desmidiaceae. I. pp. [i]-xxxvi, [1]-224, pl. 1-32. London: The Ray Society.
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 1115 Closterium lunula var. minus
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Closterium&species=lunula
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Closterium&Species=lunula
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 13 December 2012 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Brook, A.J. & Williamson, D.B. (1985). Needle-like inclusions in the terminal vacuoles of Closterium lunula (Müll.) Nitzsch. Microscopy. Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club 35: 226-233.
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:56449
