Staurastrum excavatum West & G.S.West

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Conjugatophyceae
Order Desmidiales
Family Desmidiaceae
Genus Staurastrum

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Publication details
Staurastrum excavatum West & G.S.West 1895: 78, pl. 8: fig. 42

Original publication: West, W. & West, G.S. (1895). A contribution to our knowledge of the freshwater algae of Madagascar. Transactions of the Linnean Society of Botany, London 5: 41-90, pls 5-9.
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Type species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Staurastrum tetracerum var. excavatum (West & G.S.West) Playfair

General environment
This is a Freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Staurastrum excavatum West & G.S.West)
Europe: France (Kouwets 1999, Anon. 2012), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas 1984, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Broady et al. 2012), Northern Territory (Day et al. 1995), Tasmania (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

Key references
Kouwets, F.A.C. (1999). A check-list of desmids (Chlorophyta, Zygnemaphyceae) of France. Patrimoines Natureles 41: 1-148.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Staurastrum&species=excavatum

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=Staurastrum&Species=excavatum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 03 May 2013 by Tom Smith

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 322 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Tom Smith in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:55397