Menoidium obtusum Pringsheim 1942
Publication Details
Menoidium obtusum Pringsheim 1942: 199, fig. 17
Published in: Pringsheim, E.G. (1942). Contributions to our knowledge of saprophytic algae and Flagellata III. Astasia, Distigma, Menoidium and Rhabdomonas. New Phytologist 41(3): 171-205, 20 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Menoidium is Menoidium pellucidum Perty.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Syntype localities: "The material from which M. obtusum was raisfed was derived from: (i) Peaty margins of the Pflegersee near Garmisch in Upper Bavaria. (2) Water with red-coloured mud sent to me by Prof. Rawitscher from Sao Paolo in Brazil. (3) Ditch water with mud from the Habstein-moor near Hirschberg in Bohemia. (4) Again from the Pflegersee. (5) Mud from Reading." [Germany, Brazil, Czech Republic, England]; (Pringsheim 1942: 200)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), obtuse, blunt (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 18 December 2002 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 02 November 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 November 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
