Closterium macilentum var. japonicum (Suringar) Willi Krieger 1935

Publication Details
Closterium macilentum var. japonicum (Suringar) Willi Krieger 1935: 314, pl. 23: fig. 9

Published in: Krieger, W. (1935). Die Desmidiaceen Europas mit Berücksichtigung der aussereuropäischen Arten. Band 13. Abteilung 1, Teil 1, Lieferung 2 of Dr. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. pp. 225-375, pls 9-36. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgeselschaft M.B.H..

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Closterium is Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs.

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

Basionym
Closterium japonicum Suringar

Type Information
Type locality: "Inter algas aquae dulcis Iaponiae." [Japan]; (Suringar 1867: 257)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), thin, meagre (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 27 July 2018

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Taxonomic note
According to Kouwets (1999: 21) a 'Poorly-known variety'. Ruzicka (1977) points out that the new combination proposed by Gronblad was not validly published. - (14 March 2009)

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025

 
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