Euglena limnophila Lemmermann 1898

Current name:
Phacus limnophilus (Lemmermann) E.W.Linton & Karnkowska
Poland, Izdebno Koscielne village, field pond, 22 July 2019 - 28 August 2020. Bożena Zakryś (zakrys@biol.uw.edu.pl)
Publication Details
Euglena limnophila Lemmermann 1898: 152, no fig.
Published in: Lemmermann, E. (1898). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Planktonalgen. II. Beschreibung neuer Formen. Botanisches Centralblatt 76: 150-156.
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 synonym of Phacus limnophilus (Lemmermann) E.W.Linton & Karnkowska.
Source of Synonymy
Linton, E.W., Karnkowska-Ishikawa, A., Kim, J.I., Shin, W., Bennett, M., Kwiatowski, J., Zakrys, B. & Triemer, R.E. (2010). Reconstructing euglenoid evolutionary relationships using three genes: nuclear SSU and LSU, and chloroplast 16S rDNA sequences and the description of Euglenaria gen. nov. (Euglenophyta). Protist 161: 603-19.
Type Information
Type locality: "Plankton der Mulde" [Mulde River, Saxony, Germany]; (Lukomska-Kowalczyk & al. 2020: 1147) Lectotype: (Lukomska-Kowalczyk & al. 2020: 1147) Notes: Lectotype: fig. 205 Lemmermann (1913 in Pascher's Süssw,- Fl.). Epitype Fig. 4b (Lukomska-Kowalczyk, 2020) GenBank DQ249877.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Emended diagnosis (Lukomska-Kowalzyk, 2020: 1147).
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 March 2021
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Habitat note
In phytoplankton community dominated by Chlorella sp., Aphanothece saxicola, Monoraphidium minutum and Merismopedia tenuissima (Valadez et al. 2010). Streams and clean lakes (Valadez et al., citing various sources). - (22 December 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 July 2025