Phacus pleuronectes var. minutus Playfair 1921

Publication Details
Phacus pleuronectes var. minutus Playfair 1921: 123, pl. 5: fig. 2

Published in: Playfair, G.I. (1921). Australian freshwater flagellates. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46(1): 99-146, 3 figures, 9 plates.

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Publication date: 27 April 1921

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phacus is Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phacus minutus (Playfair) Pochmann.

Source of Synonymy
Pochmann, A. (1942). Synopsis der Gattung Phacus. Archiv für Protistenkunde 95: 81-252.

Type Information
Type locality: Botanic Gardens, Sydney (3); Wyrallah; Lismore (260): New South Wales; (INA 1996) Holotype: Pochmann 1942, fig. 85: Fig. 3d (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al., 2020) (epitype) (Lukomska-Kowalczyk & al. 2020: 1148) Notes: GenBank MN149551 (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al., 2020).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended diagnosis (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al., 2020).

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

Last updated: 06 April 2025

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 June 2025

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