Petalomonas compressa (Schewiakoff) Schroeckh, Won J.Lee, D.J.Patterson 1990

Publication Details
Petalomonas compressa (Schewiakoff) Schroeckh, Won J.Lee, D.J.Patterson 1990: 133

Published in: Schroeckh, S., Lee, W.J. & Patterson, D.J. (2003). Free-living heterotrophic euglenids from freshwater sites in mainland Australia. Hydrobiologia 493(1): 131-166, 10 figs.

Publication date: "Published: February 2003"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Petalomonas is Petalomonas abscissa (Dujardin) F.Stein.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Thylakomonas compressa Schewiakoff

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 22 May 2020 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 June 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Combination made under ICZN. - (22 May 2020) - M.D. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 July 2025

 
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