Euglena fusca (G.A.Klebs) Lemmermann 1910

Current name: Lepocinclis fusca (G.A.Klebs) Kosmala & Zakryś
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Publication Details
Euglena fusca (G.A.Klebs) Lemmermann 1910: 498

Published in: Lemmermann, E. (1910). Algen I (Schizophyceen, Flagellaten, Peridineen). Kryptogamenflora der Mark Brandenburg und angrenzender Gebiete 3(4): 497-712, 10 plates.

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Publication date: 15 June 1910

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 fusca (G.A.Klebs) Kosmala & Zakryś.

Source of Synonymy
Kosmala, S., Karnkowska, A., Milanowski, R., Kwiatowski, J. & Zakrys, B. (2005). The phylogenetic and taxonomic position of Lepocinclis fusca comb. nov. (=Euglena fusca) (Euglenaceae): morphological and molecular justification. Journal of Phycology 41: 1258-1267.

Basionym
Euglena spirogyra var. fusca G.A.Klebs

Type Information
Type locality: Not specified; Lepocinclis fuscastrain ACOI 1414, permanently preserved material (cells in resin, for electron microscopy) (epitype) (Kosmala et al 2005: 1264) Notes: Kosmala et al. (2005: 1264) give the following data: Lectotype: Fig. 13 in Über die Oganisation einiger Flagellatengruppen und ihre Beziehungen zu Algen und Infusorien, Plate 3, 1883; Epitype: Lepocinclis fusca strain ACOI 1414, permanently preserved material (cells in resin, for electron microscopy) deposited at the Herbarium of the department of Plant Systematic and Geography at Warsaw University, PL-00-478 Warsaw, Poland. Fig. 1A is an illustration of the epitype. According to Chaber et al. (2022: 112), the phrase "designated here" was not included and so they designate the epitype (fig. 1A in Kosmala et al. 2005) in their publication, to support the holotype (Klebs 1883, pl.3, fig. 13).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), a sombre brown, but often used to indicate darkness of colour (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 02 February 2022

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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 22 May 2025