Phycopeltis epiphyton Millardet 1870
Current name:
Phycopeltis epiphyton Millardet
Robberg Reserve, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; on surfaces of leaves on sheltered eastern side - 25 September 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Phycopeltis epiphyton Millardet 1870: 42, 48, figs 29-35
Published in: Millardet, M.A. (1870). De la germination des zygospores dans les genres Closterium et Staurastrum et sur un genre nouveau d'algues chlorosporées. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Strasbourg 6: 37-51, 1 pl.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Phycopeltis.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Freiburg im Breisgau, southern Germany (‘Friburgi Brisgavorum in sylvis humidis detecta nec infrequens’); Notes: A type was not designated. Millardet ‘s (1870) fig. 29 is suggested as a lectotype (Rindi, April, 2002).
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 October 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 December 2024