Staurodesmus tumidus (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Teiling 1967
Current name:
Xanthidium tumidum (Ralfs) Stastny, Skaloud & Neustupa
Lake Twenty-two, Snohomish County, Washington (USA) - 19 August 2014. R. Matthews
Publication Details
Staurodesmus tumidus (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Teiling 1967: 578, pl. 22: fig. 1
Published in: Teiling, E. (1967). The desmid genus Staurodesmus. A taxonomic study. Arkiv för Botanik 6: 467-629.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Staurodesmus is Staurodesmus triangularis (Lagerheim) Teiling.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Xanthidium tumidum (Ralfs) Stastny, Skaloud & Neustupa.
Basionym
Staurastrum tumidum Brébisson ex Ralfs
Type Information
Type locality: Piltdown Common, Sussex (Jenner); Dolgelley & Penzance (Ralfs); Falaise (Brébisson); (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), swollen (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 July 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
