Chaetomorpha herbipolensis Lagerheim 1887
Publication Details
Chaetomorpha herbipolensis Lagerheim 1887: 195, pl. IX: figs 1-10
Published in: Lagerheim, G. (1887). Ueber die Süsswasser-Arten der Gattung Chaetomorpha Kütz. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 5: 195-202, pl. IX.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chaetomorpha is Chaetomorpha melagonium (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. in aquario aquae dulcis caldarii horti botanici Herbipolensis."; (Lagerheim 1887: 195) Notes: ... Germany (Sfriso et al., 2018). Herbipolensis (Würzburg) (INA).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 27 September 2005 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 09 August 2019
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Taxonomic notes
May be synonymous with Cladophora okamurae according to Hoek (1963: 40): "Chaetomorpha herbipolensis Lagerheim (1887, p. 195-202), which slightly resembles Cl. okamurai, is described to grow attached by a basal coralloid holdfast." - (07 August 2011) - M.D. Guiry
"According to PETKOFF (1908-1909) in the material from thermal spring complex between
the villages Slivnitsa, Bezden and Opitsvet (named by him "toplitsi Opitsvet") the
thallus consisted of young cylindrical and old barrel-shaped cells, with diameter which
varied between 38 and 90 µm, but commonly was 40-72 µm. It occurred in free-floating
mats together with Vaucheria geminata and V. sessilis, and even mixed with them in the
thermal springs below the village of Opitsvet... The material corresponds completely to that
of LAGERHEIM in the warm aquarium water.... The only difference from the typical species
is in the width, since the diameter did not exceed 90 µm. But it could be that we came on
and collected only young filaments.
In 2002, this thermal spring system was visited and it was found that two of the spring
complexes (between Slivnitsa and Bezden) were captured and the habitats were destroyed.
Only Bistritsa springs near to Opitsvet village remained in almost natural state, but C.
herbipolensis was not found there." (Stoyneva & Gärtner 2004: 69). - (07 August 2011) - M.D. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 August 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025
