Closterium parvulum var. angustum West & G.S.West 1900

Current name:
Closterium parvulum var. angustum West & G.S.West
Location: Lake Fuhlensee near Schilksee (Kiel, Germany) - 01 February 2017. © Wolfgang Bettighofer, www.protisten.de, image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Publication Details
Closterium parvulum var. angustum West & G.S.West 1900: 290, pl. 412: fig. 8
Published in: West, W. & West, G.S. (1900). Notes on freshwater algae. II. Journal of Botany 38: 289-299.
Publication date: Aug. 1900
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.
Type Information
Pilmoor, near Thirsk, N. Yorks[hire, England]; (West & West 1900: 290) Type: n.d.;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 June 2025
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Roberta Cowan in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 June 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025