Petalomonas polytaphrena Skuja, nom. inval. 1964
Publication Details
Petalomonas polytaphrena Skuja, nom. inval. 1964: 283, pl. LX [60]: figs 6-13
Published in: Skuja, H. (1964). Grundzüge der Algenflora und Algenvegetation der Fjeldgegenden um Abisko in Schwedisch-Lappland. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis Series 4 18(3): 1-465, 59 pls.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Petalomonas is Petalomonas abscissa (Dujardin) F.Stein.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Biundula sphagnophila Cavalier-Smith.
Source of Synonymy
Kapustin, D.A., Philippov, D.A., Sokolova, I.V. & Gusev, E.S. (2017). Petalomonas sphagnophila (Euglenophyta, Petalomonadales) — novyy dlya Rossii vid evglenovykh vodorosley
[Petalomonas sphagnophila (Euglenophyta, Petalomonadales), a new euglenophyte species for Russia]. Novosti Sistematiki Nizshikh Rastenii 50: 112-119. [in Russian with English abstract]
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 14 September 2006 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 17 December 2023
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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: no type designated (Kapustin et al. 2017: 116). - (14 November 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025
