Glenodinium turfosum Skvortsov 1957
Publication Details
Glenodinium turfosum Skvortsov 1957: 196, pl. 5: fig. 35
Published in: Skvortsov, B.V. (1957). New and rare Flagellatae from Manchuria, Eastern Asia. Philippine Journal of Science 86(2): 139-202, 6 plates.
Request PDFPublication date: 28 July 1957
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Glenodinium is Glenodinium cinctum Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to peat moors (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2024
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Taxonomic note
Moestrup & Calado (2018: 471) note, "Cells described as widely oval, with thin hyaline cover; length 39 µm, width 14 µm; epivalve broadly rounded, larger than the hypovalve; apex of the hypovalve very slightly pointed; cingulum wide; sulcus indistinct; somewhat compressed dorsally; chloroplasts brown, numerous, discoid; nucleus almost spherical, large, placed almost in the middle of the cell; eyespot absent. Found in swamp near Harbin, Manchuria. The description does not allow for identification of the species. Skvortsov (1968) mentions that the drawing was not related to the diagnosis, and changed the diagnosis (in English). We recommend to consider the name a nomen inquirendum and discourage its further use." - (31 August 2020) - M.D. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 July 2025
