Virgulina pleuronectes (O.F.Müller) Bory 1825

Publication Details
Virgulina pleuronectes (O.F.Müller) Bory 1825: 526

Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Virgulina.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phacus pleuronectes (O.F.Müller) Nitzsch ex Dujardin.

Basionym
Cercaria pleuronectes O.F.Müller

Type Information
not given; (Index Nominum Algarum) Neotype: Euglena pleuronectes Ehrenberg, 1830: 83. pl, VI, fig. V (1-6). 1832: Epitype: Fig. 1, c, d, e, and t (permanently preserved material of strain SAG 1261-3b at WA (Poland) (epitype) (Kosmala et al. 2007: 1077) Notes: Epitype: Kosmala et al. 2007: fig. 1d, designated by Lukomska-Kowalczyk (2020:1148) [presumably because Kosmala et al. (2007: 1077) did not include the phrase "designated type"]. GenBank AJ532475.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 06 June 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 June 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024

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