Euglena adunca J.Schiller 1956

Publication Details
Euglena adunca J.Schiller 1956: 573

Published in: Schiller, J. (1956). Untersuchungen an den planktischen Protophyten des Neusiedler Sees 1950-1954. III. Teil: Euglenen. Österr. Akad. Wiss. Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I. 165: 547-583.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Discoplastis adunca (J.Schiller) Triemer.

Type Information
Type locality: Austria: Kanal von Rust, Neusiedler See (Euglena rostrata J. Schiller 1955, nom illeg.); (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: Schiller 1956, fig. 57b: Epitype: fig. 3h (epitype) (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. 2021: 772) Notes: Lectotype: Schiller, Figure 57a in Osterr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Sitzungsber., Abt. 1, Biol., plate 12, Vienna 1956 (Triemer et al., 2006). Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. (2021: 772) note that the typification statement of Triemer et al. does not include the phrase "designated here". Austria, Lake Neusiedler See near Breitenbrunn.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), hooked.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended diagnosis (Lukomska- Kowalczyk et al., 2021: 772).

Created: 22 September 2006 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 December 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 December 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024

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