Euglena ascusformis Schiller

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Protozoa
Phylum Euglenophyta
Class Euglenophyceae
Order Euglenales
Family Euglenaceae (1)
Genus Euglena

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Publication details
Euglena ascusformis Schiller 1925

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

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

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Nomenclatural notes
Throndsen (1997: 647, 651) record the spelling of the specific epithet of this species as ascusformis and acusformis (respectively). I was unable to determine the correct spelling at time of entry (END).

Source of synonymy
Throndsen, J. (1996). The planktonic marine flagellates. In: Identifying marine phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 591-730. San Diego: Academic Press.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Euglena&species=ascusformis

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=Euglena&Species=ascusformis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 May 2005 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 May 2005 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 262 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=69797

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 18 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:78496