Bracteacoccus engadinensis (Kol & F.Chodat) Starr 1955
Publication Details
Bracteacoccus engadinensis (Kol & F.Chodat) Starr 1955: 65
Published in: Starr, R.C. (1955). A comparative study of Chlorococcum meneghini and other spherical, zoospore-producing genera of the Chlorococcales. Indiana University Publications. Science Series 20: [i]-viii, 1-111, 239 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Bracteacoccus is Bracteacoccus aggregatus Tereg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudomuriella engadinensis (Kol & F.Chodat) Fuciková, Rada & L.A.Lewis.
Source of Synonymy
Fuciková, K., Rada, J.C. & Lewis, L.A. (2011). The tangled taxonomic history of Dictyococcus, Bracteacoccus and Pseudomuriella (Chlorophyceae,Chlorophyta) and their distinction based on a phylogenetic perspective. Phycologia 50(4): 422-429.
Basionym
Chlorellopsis engadinensis Kol & F.Chodat
Type Information
Type locality: Switzerland: Engadin; (INA 1996) Notes: Lectotype: Specimen Conn00111840 deposited at George Stafford Herbarium, Univ. of Connecticut Biological Collections, Storrs, CT, USA; Isotype: Cryopreserved algal culture UTEX 57 (Fucikova et al. 2011: 428).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 22 April 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 September 2018
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Unspecified note
Toepel et al. (2005) cite the authority as Kol. - (30 June 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 June 2025
