Chlamydomonas similis Korshikov
Publication details
Chlamydomonas similis Korshikov 1938: 94, fig. 66
Published in: Korshikov, A.A. (1938). Volvocineae. In: Vyznachnyk prisnovodnykh vodorostej URSR [Vyp] Vol. IV. (Rolla, J.V. Eds), pp. 1-184. Kyjv [Kiev]: Akademiyi Nauk URSR. [in Ukrainian]
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Type species
The type species (holotype) 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
Origin of species name
Adjective B (Latin), like, resembling, similar (Sreenivasa Rao 1965).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Type information
Type locality: Kharkov (Silva 1996-to date). Holotype: Korshikov (1938), fig. 6: Specimen TNS-AL-58913; permanent preparations of culture strain NIES-2320 (epitype) (Nakada et al. 2016: 300).
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Source of current name
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.
Key references
Ettl, H. (1976). Die Gattung Chlamydomonas Ehrenberg. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 49: 1-1122, 67 figs, 168 pls.
Massjuk, N.P., Lilitska, G.G. & Kapustin, D.O. (2011). Chlamydomonadales. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 157-218. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G..
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