Calothrix elsteri Komárek, Nedbalová & Hauer 2012
Publication Details
Calothrix elsteri Komárek, Nedbalová & Hauer 2012: 764, figs 4, 5
Published in: Komárek, J., Nedbalová, L. & Hauer, T. (2012). Phylogenetic position and taxonomy of three heterocytous cyanobacteria dominating the littoral of deglaciated lakes, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology 35: 759-774, 10 figs, 1 table.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Calothrix is Calothrix confervicola C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Brunnivagina elsteri (Komárek, Nedbalová & Hauer) Saraf, J.R.Johansen & P. Singh.
Source of Synonymy
Saraf, A., Singh, P., Kumar, N., Pal, S. & Johansen, J.R. (2024). Two new species of Dulcicalothrix (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) from India and erection of Brunnivagina gen. nov., with observations on the problem of using multiple ribosomal operons in cyanobacterial taxonomy. Journal of Phycology 60(5): 1139-1160.
Type Information
Type locality: "locus classicus: lacus 'Black Lake' dictus, James Ross insula, Mare Weddell."; (Komárek, Nedbalová & Hauer 2012: 766) Notes: "Typus: exsiccatum No BRNM HY2360 in depositum (Moravian Museum Brno, Czech Republic); icona typica: Wgura nostra 4; cultura
typica: CCALA 953.Habitatio: ad saxa inundata cum incrustationibus calcareis, in partes littoralibus lacubus antarcticis;..."
Eponomy
"Species ad honorem Assoc. Prof. Josef Elster, Ph.D. (Tlebok, Czech Republic), chief of the phycological program at the Czech Antarctic scientific station "Johann Gregor Mendel", nominata."
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 October 2013 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 November 2024
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 June 2025
