Haematococcus lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Rostafinski 1875

Current name:
Haematococcus lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Rostafinski
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA: birdbath - 07 April 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Haematococcus lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Rostafinski 1875: 139, 140
Published in: Rostafinski, J. (1875). Quelques mots sur l'Haematococcus lacustris et sur les bases d'une classification naturelle des algues Chlorosporées. Mémoires de la Société nationale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 19: 137-154.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Haematococcus is Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Volvox lacustris Girod-Chantrans
Type Information
Type locality: "Conferva, no. 2109. Haller, hist. pl. helv.... assez commune dan les eaux stagnantes" [Switzerland]; (Girod-Chantrans 1802: 54) Notes: "Lectotype (designated here): [illustration in] Girod-Chantrans, Rech. Conferves: pl. 8, fig. 17??. 1802; Epitype (designated here): Cryopreserved strain NIES-50009." (Nakada & Ota 2016: 345). The refrence to Haller is of a polynomial Conferva pollinea purpurea aquae innatans (Haller 1769: 191, no. 2109).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), inhabiting lakes (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 July 2018
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Nomenclatural notes
"It is commonly accepted that H. lacustris is a freshwater species (Guiry and Guiry 2019). However, we also detected this microalga in pools with salinity as high as 130 ppt." (Chekanov & al. 2019: 10). - (02 November 2021) - M.D. Guiry
Pocock (1960) disagrees with Droop (1956) over the status of this species and considers H. lacustris to be the correct name. - (27 June 2013) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 February 2025