Coelosphaerium punctiferum Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová 1992

Publication Details
Coelosphaerium punctiferum Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová 1992: 525, fig. 7:1 in Hindák & Moustaka, Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 80: 509, 1988

Published in: Komárek, J. & Komárková-Legnerová, J. (1992). Variability of some planktic gomphosphaerioid cyanoprokaryotes in northern lakes. Nordic Journal of Botany 12: 513-524.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Coelosphaerium is Coelosphaerium kuetzingianum Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pannus punctiferus (Komárek & Komárková-Legnerová) Joosten.

Source of Synonymy
Joosten, A.M.T. (2006). Flora of the blue-green algae of the Netherlands. I. The non-filamentous species of inland waters. pp. [1-]5-237. Utrecht: KNNV Publishing.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 July 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 July 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2025