Menoidium pellucidum Perty
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Protozoa
Subkingdom Biciliata
Infrakingdom Excavata
Phylum Euglenozoa
Class Euglenophyceae
Order Euglenales
Family Euglenaceae
Genus Menoidium
Publication details
Menoidium pellucidum Perty 1852
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Menoidium.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), pellucid, translucent but not hyaline (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Menoidium pellucidum Perty)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas 1984).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
Source of synonymy
Starmach, K. (1983). Euglenophyta - Eugleniny. Vol. 3 pp. 594. Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
Key references
Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1-1023. China: www.sciencep.com.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 13 February 2007 by M.D. Guiry
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