Keratococcus dispar (West & G.S.West) P.M.Tsarenko & D.M.John 2002

Publication Details
Keratococcus dispar (West & G.S.West) P.M.Tsarenko & D.M.John 2002: 360

Published in: John, D.M. & Tsarenko, P.M. (2002). Order Chlorococcales. 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. 327-409. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Keratococcus is Keratococcus bicaudatus (A.Braun ex Rabenhorst) J.B.Petersen.

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

Basionym
Dactylococcus dispar West & G.S.West

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 January 2023

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Taxonomic note
"Doubtful record/species" (Tsarenko & John 2011: 485-486). - (05 February 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025