Chamaesiphon confervicola A.Braun 1864

Publication Details
Chamaesiphon confervicola A.Braun 1864: 177

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.

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Publication date: Mar-Mai 1864

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

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

Type Information
Type: an Cladophora putealis; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), based upon the old generic name Conferva & the Latin, colo (I inhabit).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 02 September 2019

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Habitat note
Freshwater, epiphytic on (especially) filamentous algae(e.g. Cladophora, Oedogonium, submerged mosses and vascular plants; standing or flowing waters, especially moderately hard water; probaly most characteristic of mesotrophic and absent from highly eutrophic waters (Whitton in John et al. 2002). - (12 July 2012) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 September 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 February 2025

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