Calothrix penicillata (Bornet & Flahault) Kossinskaja 1948
Publication Details
Calothrix penicillata (Bornet & Flahault) Kossinskaja 1948: 159
Published in: Kossinskaja, E.K. (1948). Opredelitel' morskikh sinezelenykh vodorosley [Manual for identification of marine blue-green algae]. pp. 278, 271 figures. Moscow and Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian]
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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 Dichothrix penicillata Zanardini ex Bornet & Flahault.
Basionym
Dichothrix penicillata Zanardini ex Bornet & Flahault
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shaped like a pencil or an artist'’s camel-hair brush (Stearn 1973).
Created: 11 March 2021 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Last updated: 18 July 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 July 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
