Kirchneriella contorta var. elongata (G.M.Smith) Komárek 1979

Publication Details
Kirchneriella contorta var. elongata (G.M.Smith) Komárek 1979: 256

Published in: Komárek, J. (1979). Änderungen in der Taxonomie der Chlorokokkalalgen. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Suppl. 56 (Algological Studies) 24: 239-263.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kirchneriella is Kirchneriella lunaris (Kirchner) Möbius.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudokirchneriella elongata (G.M.Smith) Hindák.

Basionym
Kirchneriella elongata G.M.Smith

Type Information
Type locality: USA: Wisconsin: no Mans Lake and Plum Lake; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), contorted, literally, ‘powerful, vehement, involved’. (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 November 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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