Heterochromonas vulgaris (Cienkowski) Pascher 1912

Publication Details
Heterochromonas vulgaris (Cienkowski) Pascher 1912: 190

Published in: Pascher, A. (1912). Über Rhizopoden- und Palmellastadien bei Flagellaten (Chrysomonaden), nebst einter Übersicht über die braunen Flagellaten. Archiv für Protistenkunde 25(2): 153-200, 7 figures, 1 table, plate 9.

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Publication date: 1912

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Heterochromonas.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spumella vulgaris Cienkowski.

Source of Synonymy
Skuja, H. (1956). Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series IV 16(3): 1-404, 63 plates.

Basionym
Spumella vulgaris Cienkowski

Type Information
Type locality: N. Russia; (INA 1996) Lectotype: fig. 56 on pl.XXIV in Cienkowsky: (Findinig et al. 2010: 870) Notes: Lectotype and epitype designated by Findenig et al. (2010: 870).Epitype (figs 4e, 5b) deposited in B 40 0040672 (Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germany) and in the Experimental Phycology and Culture Collection of Algae Gottingen (EPSAG; Gottingen, Germany) as strain number SAG 2322 (=199hm in the collection of J. Boenigt). Epitype locality: Antarctica, Davis Valley, Pond 82º28'S, 50º56'W, collected by T. Garstecki at 300 m asl., on 19.01.2004.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), common, general, ordinary (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 18 April 2025

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