Tortitaenia brookii Kenins & Guiry 2016

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Tortitaenia brookii Kenins & Guiry 2016: 1

Published in: Kenins, A. & Guiry, M.D. (2016). Tortitaenia brookii sp. nov. (Conjugatophyceae, Mesotaeniaceae). Notulae Algarum 16: 1-2, no fig..

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Publication date: 4 Dec

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tortitaenia is Tortitaenia obscura (Ralfs) Brook.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "Small, shallow, acidic bog pools at Cors-y-Llyn [now a National Nature Reserve] near Newbridge-on-Wye, Wales, United Kingdom."; (Kenins & Guiry 2016: 1) Notes: "Holotype: fig. 1 b in Brook (1994). A figure is chosen in accordance with Art. 40.5, as desmids are particularly difficult to preserve, and no material used by Brook can be traced."

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 04 December 2016 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 December 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 December 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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