Cryptomonas obovata Czosnowski, nom. illeg. 1948

Publication Details
Cryptomonas obovata Czosnowski, nom. illeg. 1948: 11, 24, pl. V [5]: figs 1-3

Published in: Czosnowski, J. (1948). Materialy do flory wiciowców Polski [Materials to the flagellate Polish flora]. Poznanskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciól Nauk 11(4): 1-40.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cryptomonas is Cryptomonas ovata Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cryptomonas czosnowskii Kisselev.

Source of Synonymy
Kisselev, I.A. (1954). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh vodorosley SSSR. Pirofitovyye vodorosli [Manual for identification of the freshwater algae of the USSR. Dinoflagellates]. Vol. 6 pp. 212, 112 figures. Moscow: Sovetskaya Nauka. [in Russian]

Type Information
Poland: sphagnetum ad Ludzimierz prope opp. Nowy Targ (distr. Kraków); in stagnis et paludibus ad opp. Zakopane (distr. Kraków); (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 31 May 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: priority for Cryptomonas obovata Skuja, 1848. - (29 June 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025