Ophiocytium capitatum Wolle 1887

Current name: Ophiocytium capitatum Wolle
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; water garden, 1000x, DIC - 26 September 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Ophiocytium capitatum Wolle 1887: 176; pl. CLVIII [158]: figs 3-7

Published in: Wolle, F. (1887). Fresh-Water Algæ of the United States; (exclusive of the Diatomaceæ) complemental to Desmids of the United States. Vol. 1-2 pp. 364, 157 plates. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Comenius Press.

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Publication date: 1887

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ophiocytium is Ophiocytium apiculatum Nägeli.

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

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with a knob-like head or tip (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 02 April 2020

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Taxonomic note
Day et al. (1995: 254) record Ophiocytium bicuspidatum as being a synonym of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Living in ponds. (See INA) - (28 April 2020) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025