Pyrobotrys stellatus (Korshikov) Korshikov 1938

Publication Details
Pyrobotrys stellatus (Korshikov) Korshikov 1938: 157, fig. 156 (as 'stellata')

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 (holotype) of the genus Pyrobotrys is Pyrobotrys incurvus Arnoldi.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Chlamydobotrys stellatus Korshikov

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), stellate, with narrow divisions radiating from the center like the rays of a star (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 15 August 2017

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Nomenclatural note
According to Art. 62 [Melbourne Code] compounds ending in "-botrys" are masculine. - (15 August 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025

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