Cosmoastrum muticum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982

Staurastrum muticum Brébisson ex Ralfs

Current name: Staurastrum muticum Brébisson ex Ralfs
Kellands Pond, 4 km south of Twizel, South Island, New Zealand; pH = 8.3, Temp. 16.7°C. See: www.biomedia.cellbiology.ubc.ca/ for detailed information and references. - 19 April 2009. Mark Webber (mwebber108@yahoo.ca)

Publication Details
Cosmoastrum muticum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982: 85, 578, pl. 15: figs 8, 9

Published in: Palamar-Mordvintseva, G.M. (1982). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh vodorosley SSSR. Zelenyye vodorosli. Klass Kon'yugaty. Poryadok Desmidiyevyye [Manual for identification of the freshwater algae of the USSR. Desmidiales]. Vol. 11(2) pp. 620, 163 figures. Leningrad: Nauka Leningradskoe Otdelenie. [in Russian]

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Publication date: 1982

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cosmoastrum is Cosmoastrum polytrichum (Perty) Palamar-Mordvintseva.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Staurastrum muticum Brébisson ex Ralfs.

Basionym
Staurastrum muticum Brébisson ex Ralfs

Type Information
Type locality: Britain: Dolgelley and Penzance (Ralfs); Ambleside (Sidebotham); Falaise (Brébisson); Italy (Meneghini); (Index Nominum Algarum)see above in brackets;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), without a point, awnless, blunt (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 July 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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