Phacus longicauda var. brevicaudus Skvortzov 1922

Publication Details
Phacus longicauda var. brevicaudus Skvortzov 1922: 193, pl. 48, fig. 6 (as 'Crevicauda')

Published in: Skvortsov, B.V. (1922). XLVIII. - On the phytoplankton of the fish-ponds of Foochow [Notes on the agriculture, botany and zoology of China]. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 53: 190-195, pl. XLVIII (48).

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phacus is Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin.

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

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), long-tail; noun in apposition.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 18 February 2021

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Nomenclatural note
The protologue states 'A variety which differs from the typical form by a short tail'. In 1928: 111 Skvortsov corrected the spelling of the variety to 'brevicauda' (short tail). - (18 February 2021) - Roberta Cowan

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Roberta Cowan in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 February 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 July 2025

 
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