Stichococcus flaccidus (Kützing) F.Gay 1891

Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kützing) P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell

Current name: Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kützing) P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell
Via delle Belle Torri, Pisa, Italy; forming green mat at the base of urban wall - 08 April 2006. Fabio Rindi (f.rindi@univpm.it)

Publication Details
Stichococcus flaccidus (Kützing) F.Gay 1891: 79

Published in: Gay, F. (1891). Recherches sur le développement et la classification de quelques algues vertes. Thèse á la Faculté de Sciences. pp. 1-116. Paris: P. Klincksieck.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Stichococcus is Stichococcus bacillaris Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kützing) P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell.

Basionym
Ulothrix flaccida Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Ad vias lapideas Argentorati: A. Braun [sony road, Strasbourg, France]; (Kützing 1849: 643) Type: L; 939.67-905 (Silva, Mattox & Blackwell 1972: 643) Notes: According to Lokhorst (1996: 17), the lectotype is annotated as "Strassburg Febr. 1846". leg. A. Braun. (L sheet 939.67-905). Epitype: strain SAG 2307 designated by Mikhailyuk et al. (2015: 762) to support the lectotype above and the authentic strain of K. flaccidum that is permanently preserved in a metabolically inactive state in the SAG.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 24 July 2002 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 20 March 2020

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