Strombomonas acuminata (Schmarda) Deflandre 1930

Current name:
Strombomonas acuminata (Schmarda) Deflandre
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Publication Details
Strombomonas acuminata (Schmarda) Deflandre 1930: 570
Published in: Deflandre, G. (1930). Strombomonas nouveau genere d'euglénacées (Trachelomonas Ehr. pro parte). Archiv für Protistenkunde 69: 551-614, 143 figs. [in French]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Strombomonas is Strombomonas verrucosa (Daday) Deflandre.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lagenella acuminata Schmarda
Type Information
Type locality: "pond near Breitensee near Vienna" [Austria]; (Schmarda 1850: suppl. Fig. S1B) Lectotype (designated by Fells & al. 2023: 742): [illustration in] Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 1(Abt. 2): t. 3, fig. 3, indiv. 4. 1850.: (Van de Vijver & Schuster 2025: 742)
Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), acuminate, i.e. tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narrow point (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 April 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 June 2025