Euglena cuneata E.G.Pringsheim

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Protozoa
Phylum Euglenophyta
Class Euglenophyceae
Order Euglenales
Family Euglenaceae (1)
Genus Euglena

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Publication details
Euglena cuneata E.G.Pringsheim 1956: 109, 110, fig. 31 (A-I)

Original publication: Pringsheim, E.G. (1956). Contributions towards a monograph of the genus Euglena. Nova Acta Leopoldiana 18(125): 3-168.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Euglena cantabrica Pringsheim

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), wedge-shaped.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Euglena cuneata E.G.Pringsheim)
Europe: Britain (Wolowski 2002, Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002).

Source of synonymy
Kosmala, S., Karnkowska-Ishikawa, A., Milanowski, R., Kwiatowski, J. & Zakrys, B. (2009). Phylogeny and systematics of Euglena (Euglenaceae) species with axial, stellate chloroplasts based on morphological and molecular data - new taxa, emended diagnoses, and epitypifications. Journal of Phycology 45(2): 464-481, 2 figs, 4 tables.

Key references
Milanowski, R., Kosmala, S., Zakrys, B. & Kwiatowski, J. (2006). Phylogeny of photosynthetic euglenophytes based on combined chloroplast and cytoplasmic SSU rDNA sequence analysis. Journal of Phycology 42: 721-730.

CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1224/32A Euglena cuneata E.G. Pringsheim
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Euglena&species=cuneata

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=Euglena&Species=cuneata

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 10 April 2010 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 449 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=32665

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.