Dictyosphaerium dichotomum H.U.Ling & R.D.Seppelt 1998

Publication Details
Dictyosphaerium dichotomum H.U.Ling & R.D.Seppelt 1998: 57, figs 13-17

Published in: Ling, H.U. & Seppelt, R.D. (1998). Non-marine algae and cyanobacteria of the Windmill Islands region, Antarctica, with descriptions of two new species. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement 124 (Algological Studies 89): 49-62.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyosphaerium is Dictyosphaerium ehrenbergianum Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Xerochlorella dichotoma (H.P.Ling & R.D.Seppelt) Mikhailyuk & P.M.Tsarenko.

Type Information
Type locality: Stevenson Cove, Casey, Antarctica.; (Mikhailyuk & al. 2020: 684) Type: sandy soil; (Mikhailyuk & al. 2020: 684) Notes: Holotype: figs 13-17 in Ling & Seppelt (1998) [INA]. Epitype (designated by Mikhailyuk & al. 2020: 684): preserved specimen 160223-7, fixed for TEM embedded material of the strain Hg-2-3 (SAG 2582) (Department of Botany, Innsbruck University). Additionally, KW-A-32502, preserved culture material of reference strain Hg-2-3 (SAG 2582), Algotheca, Herbarium of the M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (KW). Reference strain: Hg-2-3 was deposited in the Sammlung von Algenkulturen, University of Göttingen, Germany, under number SAG 2582 (Mikhailyuk & al. 2020: 684).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1973).

Description
Emended diagnosis (Mikhailyuk et al., 2020: 684).

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 October 2020

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