Euastrum elfarafraense Saber, Kouwets, Haworth & Cantonati 2018
Publication Details
Euastrum elfarafraense Saber, Kouwets, Haworth & Cantonati 2018: 218-221, figs 3-10
Published in: Saber, A.A., Kouwets, F.A.C., Haworth, E.Y. & Cantonati, M. (2018). A new Euastrum species (Conjugatophyceae, Streptophyta) from the Western Desert of Egypt. Cryptogamie Algologie 39(2): 215-226, 10 figs, 1 table.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euastrum is Euastrum ansatum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: 'Ain El-Bald', Qasr El-Farafra, El-Faraafra Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt (27°03'26.1" N, 27°57'47.4"E); (Saber et al. 2018: 221) Holotype: Abdulla A. Saber; October 16th 2016; agricultural ditch fed by freshwater from slightly hot rheocrenic spring; Phycology Unit No. 341 at Bot. Dept., Fac. of Sci., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo; PBA-1605 (fixed specimens and permanent slides) (Saber et al. 2018: 220, 221) Notes: Isotype: phytobenthic algae collection of the Museo delle Scienze - MUSE Limnolology and Phycology Section (Trento, Italy). Accession number: cLIM009 FITB 881.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 27 March 2018 by Alex Kenins.
Last updated: 08 June 2018
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 June 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
