Chlamydobotrys stellatus Korshikov 1924

Publication Details
Chlamydobotrys stellatus Korshikov 1924: 55, pl. 2: figs 1-9 (as 'stellata')

Published in: Korshikov, A.A. (1924). O dvukh vidakh novogo goda Chlamydobotris iz sem. Spondylomoraceae [Two species of the new genus Chlamydobotris in the family Spondylomoraceae]. Russkii Arkhiv Protistologii 3(1-2): 45-56, plate 2. [in Russian with German abstract]

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Publication date: 1924

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pyrobotrys stellatus (Korshikov) Korshikov.

Source of Synonymy
Korshikov, A.A. (1938). Volvocineae. In: Vyznachnyk prisnovodnykh vodorostey URSR. (Roll, Y.V. Eds) Vol. 4, pp. 1-184, 176 figures. Kyiv: Vydavnytstvo Akademiyi Nauk URSR. [in Ukrainian]

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), stellate, with narrow divisions radiating from the center like the rays of a star (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 25 April 2013 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 August 2023

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Nomenclatural note
According to Art. 62 [Melbourne Code] compounds ending in "-botrys" are masculine. - (15 August 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 June 2025

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