Cosmocladium pulchellum Brébisson
Publication details
Cosmocladium pulchellum Brébisson 1856: 133, pl. I: fig. 20
Original publication: Brébisson, [L.] A. de (1856). Liste des Desmidiées, observées en Basse-Normandie. Mémoires de la Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg 4: 113-166, pls I, II.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Cosmocladium.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), beautiful and little (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Cosmocladium pulchellum Brébisson)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), France (Kouwets 1999, Kouwets 1999, Anon. 2012), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012).
Key references
Kouwets, F.A.C. (1999). A check-list of desmids (Chlorophyta, Zygnemaphyceae) of France. Patrimoines Natureles 41: 1-148.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Cosmocladium&species=pulchellum
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=Cosmocladium&Species=pulchellum
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 06 June 2010 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 252 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=35229
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 18 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:53186
