Heimansia pusilla (L.Hilse) Coesel

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Conjugatophyceae
Order Desmidiales
Family Desmidiaceae
Genus Heimansia

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prox. Side views. Collected by Ingrid Jüttner, lochen near Beaghcanneen bridge, Connemara, Ireland.. 15 Feb 2013. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

prox. Collected by Ingrid Jüttner, lochen near Beaghcanneen bridge, Connemara, Ireland.x. Face views.. 15 Feb 2013. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

Heimansia pusilla (L.Hilse) Coesel prox. Side views. Collected by Ingrid Jüttner, lochen near Beaghcanneen bridge, Connemara, Ireland.

Publication details
Heimansia pusilla (L.Hilse) Coesel 1993: 107, pl. I: figs 1-4

Original publication: Coesel, P.F.M. (1993). Taxonomic notes on Dutch desmids II. Cryptogamie, Algologie 14: 105-114.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Heimansia.

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

Basionym
Cosmocladium pusillum L.Hilse

Type information
Type locality: Silesia: near Liegnitz (Silva 1996-to date).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cosmocladium pusillum L.Hilse 1866

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Euastrum pusillum Brébisson 1856
Cosmarium pusillum (Brébisson) W.Archer 1861

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Cosmarium pusillum (Brébisson) W.Archer)
Europe: Austria (Lenzenweger 1999), Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), France (Kouwets 1999), Ireland (John, Williamson & Guiry 2011), Italy (Abdelahad et al. 2003), Serbia (Fuzinato et al. 2011 ), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas 1984, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Croasdale & Flint 1988, Broady et al. 2012).

(as Cosmocladium pusillum L.Hilse)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas 1984).

(as Heimansia pusilla (L.Hilse) Coesel)
Europe: Austria (Lenzenweger 2003), France (Kouwets 1999, Anon. 2012), Ireland (John, Williamson & Guiry 2011), Italy (Abdelahad et al. 2003), Netherlands (Coesel 1994), Romania (Caraus 2012), Spain (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998).

South America: Brazil (Araújo et al. 2010).

Key references
Coesel, P.F.M. & Meesters, K.[J.] (2007). Desmids of the Lowlands Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidaceae of the European Lowlands. pp. [1]-351, 20 text-figs, 123 pls. Zeist: KNNV Publishing.

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=Heimansia&species=pusilla

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=Heimansia&Species=pusilla

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 11 June 2009 by David John

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 382 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=44065

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 21 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:50282