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.Bauer) Sommerfelt.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Haematococcus lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Rostafinski.
Source of Synonymy
Rostafinski, J. (1875). Quelques mots sur l'Haematococcus lacustris et sur les bases d'une classification naturelle des algues Chlorosporées. Mémoires de la Société nationale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 19: 137-154.
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 1983).
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 May 2025
