Sphaerella lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Wittrock ex Hansgirg 1888
Publication Details
Sphaerella lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Wittrock ex Hansgirg 1888: 105
Published in: Hansgirg, A. (1888). Prodromus der Algenflora von Böhmen. Erster theil enthaltend die Rhodophyceen, Phaeophyceen und einen Theil der Chlorophyceen. I. Heft. Archiv für die naturwissenschaftliche Landesdurchforschung von Böhmen 6(5): [1]-288.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphaerella is Sphaerella nivalis (F.A.Baeur) Sommerfelt.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Haematococcus lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Rostafinski.
Basionym
Volvox lacustris Girod-Chantrans
Type Information
Type locality: "Conferva, no. 2109. Haller, hist. pl. helv.... assez commune dan les eaux stagnantes" [Switzerland]; (Girod-Chantrans 1802: 54) Notes: "Lectotype (designated here): [illustration in] Girod-Chantrans, Rech. Conferves: pl. 8, fig. 17??. 1802; Epitype (designated here): Cryopreserved strain NIES-50009." (Nakada & Ota 2016: 345). The refrence to Haller is of a polynomial Conferva pollinea purpurea aquae innatans (Haller 1769: 191, no. 2109).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), inhabiting lakes (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 May 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 May 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
