Asterionella formosa var. acaroides Lemmermann

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Fragilariophycidae
Superorder Fragilarianae
Order Fragilariales
Family Fragilariaceae
Genus Asterionella

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Publication details
Asterionella formosa var. acaroides Lemmermann

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Asterionella is Asterionella formosa Hassall.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), beautiful, handsome.

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

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Asterionella formosa var. acaroides Lemmermann)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Asterionella&species=formosa

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=Asterionella&Species=formosa

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 23 September 2004 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 401 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Lund, J.W.G. (1961). Asterionella formosa Hass. var. acaroides Lemm. A phycological enigma. British Phycological Bulletin 2: 63-66, 2 figs.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=33208

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 25 May 2013.

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