Dictyosphaerium ehrenbergianum var. pulchellum (H.C.Wood) Playfair

Publication Details
Dictyosphaerium ehrenbergianum var. pulchellum (H.C.Wood) Playfair

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyosphaerium is Dictyosphaerium ehrenbergianum Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyosphaerium pulchellum H.C.Wood.

Basionym
Dictyosphaerium pulchellum H.C.Wood

Type Information
Type locality: in stagnis prope Philadelphia [USA]; (Wood 1873: 84) Holotype: tab. 10: 4 in Woods 1872: Material of strain UTEX 731, deposited at the Culture collection of Algae at the Univ. of Texas at Austin (epitype) (Bock et al. 2011: 643) Notes: Epitype designated by Bock et al. (2011: 643).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), named for a person with the surname Ehrenberg, for algae generally Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 07 October 2020 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 October 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024

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