Pseudocharaciopsis ovalis (Chodat) D.J.Hibberd 1981
Publication Details
Pseudocharaciopsis ovalis (Chodat) D.J.Hibberd 1981: 110
Published in: Hibberd, D.J. (1981). Notes on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the algal classes Eustigmatophyceae and Tribophyceae (synonym Xanthophyceae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 82: 93-119, 17 figs, 1 table.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pseudocharaciopsis is Pseudocharaciopsis texensis K.W.Lee & Bold.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Neomonodus ovalis (Chodat) R.Amaral & al..
Basionym
Monodus ovalis Chodat
Type Information
Type locality: Switzerland: Genève: la Gradelle; (Index Nominum Algarum) Holotype: figs 156-159 in Chodat 1913: strain CAUP Q 302 (cryopreserved), deposited at Coimbra Coll. Algae (ACOI) (epitype) (Amaral & al. 2020: 644)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), oval, elliptical, i.e., broadest at the middle, the sides curved and length:breadth generally 2:1 (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 22 April 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 May 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
