Hydrodictyon reticulatum (Linnaeus) Bory 1824

Publication Details
Hydrodictyon reticulatum (Linnaeus) Bory 1824: 506

Published in: Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1824). Filet à résaux. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. (Audouin, I. et al. Eds) Vol. 6, pp. 506. Paris: Rey et Gravier; Baudouin Frères.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Hydrodictyon.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Conferva reticulata Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in Europae fluviis ad eorum littora [Europe] ; (Linnaeus 1753: 1165) Lectotype Voucher: OXF; (Spencer & al. 2009: 244) Notes: Cites Conferva reticulata Dillenius, a pre-Linnaean name; the illustration in Dillenius, Historia muscorum., t. 4, f. 14 (1742) is designated as lectotype by L.M. Irvine in Spencer, Irvine & Jarvis (2009: 244) of which there is a voucher in OXF "Conferva reticulata".

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), reticulate, netted, marked with a network (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 October 2022

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