Ectosperma sessile Vaucher 1803

Publication Details
Ectosperma sessile Vaucher 1803: 31, pl. 2: fig. 7 (as 'sessilis')

Published in: Vaucher, J.-P. [É.] (1803). Histoire des conferves d'eau douce. Contenant leurs différens modes de reproduction, et la description de leurs principales espèces, suivie de l'histoire des trémelles et des ulves d'eau douce. pp. [i]-xv, [1]-285 [2], pls I-XVII plates. Genève [Geneva]: chez J.J. Paschoud, Libraire.

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Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vaucheria bursata (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Vishnyakov, V.S., Romanov, R.E., Chemeris, E.V., Kipriyanova, L.M., Chernova, A.M., Komarova, A.S. & Philippov, D.A. (2020). [New records of Vaucheria (Ochrophyta, Xanthophyceae) in Russia]. Novosti Sistematiki Nizshikh Rastenii 54(1): 7-41, incl. 5 pls. [in Russian with English abstract]

Type Information
Type locality: between Genève and Versoix, Switzerland; (Silva & al. 1996: 718)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 08 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 April 2022

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 June 2025

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