Xanthidium armatum Brébisson ex Ralfs
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Zygnematophyceae
Order Zygnematales
Family Desmidiaceae
Genus Xanthidium
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In Sphagnum pool near Lough Maumwee, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland. 12 Oct 2005. David John. © David John.
Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland. In bog pool. 20 Nov 2005. Fabio Rindi. © Fabio Rindi.
Xanthidium armatum Brébisson ex Ralfs Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland. In bog pool
Publication details
Xanthidium armatum Brébisson ex Ralfs 1848: 112, pl. XVIII
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
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.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), equipped, armed (Stearn 1973).
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Schizacanthum armatum (Ralfs) J.N.F.Wille 1890
General environment
This is a Freshwater species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Xanthidium armatum Brébisson ex Ralfs)
Europe: Britain (Brook & Johnson 2002), France (Kouwets 1999), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Source of synonymy
Brook, A.J. & Johnson, L.R. (2002). Order Zygnemales. 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.
Key references
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.
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: vii + 276.
Gontcharov, A.A. & Melkonian, M. (2005). Molecular phylogeny of Staurastrum Meyen ex Ralfs and related genera (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) based on coding and noncoding rDNA sequence comparisons. Journal of Phycology 41: 887-899.
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.
West, W. & West, G.S. (1912). A monograph of the British Desmidiaceae. IV. pp. [i]-xiv, [1]-194, pl. 96-128. London: The Ray Society.
CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 690/5 Xanthidium armatum Brébisson ex Ralfs
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NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 02 March 2010 by M.D. Guiry
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