Capsosira lowei Casamatta, S.R.Gomez & J.R.Johansen 2006
Current name:
Capsosira lowei Casamatta, S.R.Gomez & J.R.Johansen
Skamania County, Washington, USA; Bear Creek, 1000x, DIC - 28 September 2012. Karl Bruun
Publication Details
Capsosira lowei Casamatta, S.R.Gomez & J.R.Johansen 2006: 21, fig. 1a-f
Published in: Casamatta, D.A., Gomez, S.R. & Johansen J.R. (2006). Rexia erecta gen. et sp. nov. and Capsosira lowei sp. nov., two newly described cyanobacterial taxa from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA). Hydrobiologia 561: 13-26.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Capsosira is Capsosira brebissonii Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Hen Wallow Falls, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA; (Casamatta, Gomez & Johansen 2006: 23) Holotype: within the lichen Hydrothyria venosa growing in the splash zone, with water of pH 4.7; BRY; C 37674 (Casamatta, Gomez & Johansen 2006: 23) Notes: Isotype (DNA extraction): BRY C 37675, Herbarium
of Nonvascular Cryptogams, Brigham
Young University, Provo, Utah, USA. Isotype (in
Hydrothyria venosa): BRY C 37676. Reference
strain designation HWF3-JJ1: UTEX Culture
Collection, University of Texas, Austin, Texas,
USA.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 09 February 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 February 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 February 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024