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Euglena proxima P.A.Dangeard 1902

Current name: Euglenaformis proxima (P.A.Dangeard) M.S.Bennett & Triemer
Strain SAG 1224-11a - 22 December 2021. Bożena Zakryś (zakrys@biol.uw.edu.pl)

Publication Details
Euglena proxima P.A.Dangeard 1902: 154, fig. 6 A-F

Published in: Dangeard, P.-A. (1902 '1901'). Recherches sur les Eugléniens. Le Botaniste 8: 97-357.

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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 Euglenaformis proxima (P.A.Dangeard) M.S.Bennett & Triemer.

Source of Synonymy
Bennett, M.S., Wiegert, K.E. & Triemer, R.E. (2014). Characterization of Euglenaformis gen. nov. and the chloroplast genome of Euglenaformis [Euglena] proxima (Euglenophyta). Phycologia 53(1): 66-73.

Type Information
Type locality: France: near Poitiers; (INA 1996) Lectotype: fig. 6A, Dangeard, P.A. 1901: 155: water in a 'muddy pit'; (Bennett et al. 2014: 66) Notes: Lectotype designated by Bennett & Triemer.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended diagnosis (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al., 2021: 774).

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

Last updated: 02 February 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Date: 1902 (INA). - (14 March 2014) - 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 23 June 2025