Trachelomonas hispida (Perty) F.Stein 1878

Publication Details
Trachelomonas hispida (Perty) F.Stein 1878: expl. pl. XXII [22]: figs 20-34

Published in: Stein, F. (1878). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen forschungen in systematischere Reihenfolge bearbeitet. III. Abtheilung. Die Naturgeschichte der Flagellaten oder Geisselinfusorien. I. Hälfte, Den noch nicht abgeschlossenen allgemeinen Theil nebst erklärung: Der sämmtlichen Abbildungen enthaltend. pp. i-x, 1-154, pls I-XXIV. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.

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Publication date: November 1878

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Trachelomonas is Trachelomonas volvocina (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Chonemonas hispida Perty

Type Information
Type locality: Switzerland: Thunersee; (Perty 1849: 29)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), hispid, covered with coarse rigid erect hairs or bristles harsh to the touch [or seeming so] (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
emend. Deflandre 1926 (Da et al. 2009).

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

Last updated: 19 March 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Very little description in plate legend, but validated by analytical figures (see ICN Art. 38.7 "For the purpose of Art. 38.5, prior to 1 January 1908, an illustration with analysis (see Art. 38.9 and 38.10) is acceptable in place of a written description or diagnosis."). - (27 September 2016) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
According to Poniewozic et al. (2018), many varieties of T. hispida should be taxonomically reappraised. - (25 January 2019) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
In phytoplankton community dominated by Chlorella sp., Dictyosphaerium subsolitarium, Monoraphidium minutum, M. contortum, Scenedesmus subspicatus, S. granulatus, Aphanothece saxicola, Merismopedia tenuissima and Snowella lacustris (Valadez et al. 2010). Swamps, ponds and puddles; recorded as indicator of moderately to strongly polluted water (Valadez et al., citing various authors). - (06 January 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 March 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 May 2025

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