Colletonema eximium (Thwaites) Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Colletonema eximium (Thwaites) Kützing 1849: 891
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Colletonema is Colletonema viridulum Brébisson ex Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gyrosigma eximium (Thwaites) Boyer.
Basionym
Schizonema eximium Thwaites
Type Information
Type locality: "Found in small quantity in a rapid stream of fresh water on the filaments of Vaucheria, roots of grass, &c, at Crew's Hole near Bristol, in December last."; (Thwaites 1848: 170) Type: G.H.K.T.; Dec. 1847; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), strikingly unusual.
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 December 2017
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Habitat note
Living also in freshwater - (04 September 2011) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025
