Chantransia pygmaea Kützing 1843

Audouinella pygmaea (Kützing) Weber Bosse

Current name: Audouinella pygmaea (Kützing) Weber Bosse
Tuft viewed from above. Collected by Melissa Lacan and Laura Tunwell. From the lower Wye, Wales - 01 June 2015. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com

Publication Details
Chantransia pygmaea Kützing 1843: 285

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chantransia is Chantransia nigricans De Candolle.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Audouinella pygmaea (Kützing) Weber Bosse.

Type Information
Type locality: "Steinen in Wasserleitungen bei Schleusingen" [Germany: Thüringer Wand]; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype, designated by Necchi et al. (1993): L; 940285 (Necchi & Zucchi 1995: 210) Notes: IT: UC522268 (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pygmy, dwarf (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 August 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 August 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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