Euglena acus (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg 1830

Current name: Lepocinclis acus (O.F.Müller) B.Marin & Melkonian
Poland, Izdebno Kościelne village, field pond; 5 May 2017 Bożena Zakryś ( b.b.zakrys@uw.edu.pl )

Publication Details
Euglena acus (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg 1830: 508

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1830). Neue Beobachtungen über blutartige Erscheinungen in Aegypten, Arabien und Sibirien, nebst einer Uebersicht und Kritik der früher bekannten. Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Ser. 2 8: 477-514.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lepocinclis acus (O.F.Müller) B.Marin & Melkonian.

Source of Synonymy
Marin, B., Palm, A., Klingberg, M. & Melkonian, M. (2003). Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure. Protist 154(1): 99-145, 8 figures, 9 tables.

Basionym
Vibrio acus O.F.Müller

Type Information
Type locality: Denmark: Copenhagen; (INA 1996) Lectotype: individual marked as "b" in Ehrenberg's unpublished drawing no. 546 (Ecdraw546) in Ehrenberg Coll. (Inst. Paläontol., Mus. Naturkunde, Humboldt Univ., Berlin): (Chaber & al. 2022: 111)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), a needle.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 02 February 2022

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Unspecified note
Difference of opinion concerning date: according to Nizamuddin (2005) it is 1838: 112. - (18 May 2007) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025