Closterium lunula f. coloratum (G.A.Klebs) Kossinskaja 1951

Publication Details
Closterium lunula f. coloratum (G.A.Klebs) Kossinskaja 1951: 535

Published in: Kossinskaja, E.K. (1951). Desmidiyevyye vodorosli (Desmidiales) yevropeyskogo severa SSSR, rody Penium, Closterium, Docidium, Pleurotaenium, Triploceras, Tetmemorus [Desmidiales from the European north of the USSR, genera Penium, Closterium, Docidium, Pleurotaenium, Triploceras, Tetmemorus]. Sporovyye Rasteniya 7: 481-712, 3 figures, 30 plates. [in Russian]

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Publication date: 10 May 1951

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Closterium is Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs.

Source of Synonymy
Kouwets, F.A.C. (1999). A check-list of desmids (Chlorophyta, Zygnemaphyceae) of France. Patrimoines Natureles 41: 1-148.

Basionym
Closterium lunula var. coloratum G.A.Klebs

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), diminutive of luna, moon (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 18 August 2024

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Taxonomic note
According to Kouwets (1999: 21) 'This variety obviously only represents a more heavily incrustated form of the nominal variety'. - (14 March 2009)

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 July 2025

 
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