Chlamydomonas similis Korshikov 1938

Publication Details
Chlamydomonas similis Korshikov 1938: 94, fig. 66

Published in: Korshikov, A.A. (1938). Volvocineae. In: Vyznachnyk prisnovodnykh vodorostey URSR. (Roll, Y.V. Eds) Vol. 4, pp. 1-184, 176 figures. Kyiv: Vydavnytstvo Akademiyi Nauk URSR. [in Ukrainian]

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Publication date: 1938

Type Species
The type species (type conserved) of the genus Chlamydomonas is Chlamydomonas reinhardtii P.A.Dangeard.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhysamphichloris similis (Korshikov) Nakada .

Source of Synonymy
Nakada, T., Tomita, M., Wu, J.T. & Nozaki, H. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Chlamydomonas subg. Amphichloris (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), with resurrection of the genus Dangeardinia and descriptions of Ixipapillifera gen. nov. and Rhysamphichloris gen. nov.. Journal of Phycology 52(2): 283-304.

Type Information
Type locality: Kharkov; (INA 1996) Holotype: Korshikov (1938), fig. 6: Specimen TNS-AL-58913; permanent preparations of culture strain NIES-2320 (epitype) (Nakada et al. 2016: 300)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), like, resembling, similar (Sreenivasa Rao 1965).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 17 June 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 June 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 July 2025

 
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