Spirotaenia muscicola De Bary 1858
Publication Details
Spirotaenia muscicola De Bary 1858: 75
Published in: De Bary, A. (1858). Untersuchungen über die Familie der Conjugaten (Zygnemeen und Desmidieen) Ein Beitrag zur physiologischen und beschreibenden Botanik. pp. [i]-vi, 1-91. Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung (Arthur Felix).
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Spirotaenia is Spirotaenia condensata Brébisson.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spirogloea muscicola (De Bary) Melkonian.
Source of Synonymy
Cheng, S., Xian, W., Fu, Y., Marin, B., Keller, J., Wu, T. Sun, W., Li, X., Xu, Y., Zhang, Y., Wittek, S., Reder, T., Günther, G., Gontcharov, A., Wang, S., Li, L., Liu, X., Wang, J., Yang, H., Xu, X., Delaux, P.M., Melkonian, B., Wong, G.K. & Melkonian, M. (2019). Genomes of subaerial Zygnematophyceae provide insights into land plant evolution. Cell 179: 1057–1067, 4 figures.
Type Information
Type locality: "Schwarzwald" [Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany]; (De Bary 1858: 75) Notes: "Lectotype (hic designatus): de Bary 1858; Plate VIIF, Figure 1" (Melkonian in S.Cheng 2019: 1059).
Created: 09 December 2019 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 August 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 July 2025