Palmella hyalina Lyngbye 1819
Publication Details
Palmella hyalina Lyngbye 1819: 204, pl. 69C
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Palmella.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aphanocapsa hyalina (Lyngbye) Hansgirg.
Source of Synonymy
Hansgirg, A. (1893). Prodromus der Algenflora von Böhmen. Zweiter Theil welcher die blaugrünen Algae (Myxophyceen, Cyanophyceen), nebst Nachträgen zum ersten Theile und einer systmatischen Bearbeitung der in Böhmen verbreiten saprophytischen Bacterien und Euglenen enhält. Mit den opiz-preise Gekrönte Arbeit auf Kosten des Opizfondes. Archiv für die naturwissenschaftliche Landesdurchforschung von Böhmen 8(4): 1-268, 68 figures.
Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in aqua dulci leiter fluenti pr[ope] Thorshavn Faeroae" [Faroe Islands]; (Lyngbye 1819: 204)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), glassy, hyaline, glassy-green.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 December 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025
