Mucidosphaerium pulchellum (H.C.Wood) C.Bock, Proschold & Krienitz 2011

Publication Details
Mucidosphaerium pulchellum (H.C.Wood) C.Bock, Proschold & Krienitz 2011: 642

Published in: Bock, C., Pröschold, T. & Krienitz, L. (2011). Updating the genus Dictyosphaerium and description of Mucidosphaerium gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae) based on morphological and molecular data. Journal of Phycology 47(3): 638-652.

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Publication date: 2011

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Mucidosphaerium is Mucidosphaerium palustre C.Bock, Proschold & Krienitz.

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

Basionym
Dictyosphaerium pulchellum H.C.Wood

Type Information
Type locality: in stagnis prope Philadelphia [USA]; (Wood 1873: 84) Holotype: tab. 10: 4 in Woods 1872: Material of strain UTEX 731, deposited at the Culture collection of Algae at the Univ. of Texas at Austin (epitype) (Bock et al. 2011: 643) Notes: Epitype designated by Bock et al. (2011: 643).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), beautiful and little (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 25 July 2011 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 August 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 August 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024

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