Protococcus magma Brébisson 1835
Current name:
Gloeocapsopsis magma (Brébisson) Komárek & Anagnostidis ex Komárek
Collected by Oliver Moore, NW Scotland, on gneiss. - 18 July 2011. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Protococcus magma Brébisson 1835: 40, pl. IV [pl. 4 p.p.]
Published in: Brébisson, L.A. de & Godey, L.L. (1835 '1836'). Algues des environs de Falaise, décrites et dessinées par MM. de Brébisson et Godey. Mémoires de la Société Académique des Sciences, Artes et Belles-Lettres de Falaise 1835: 1-62, 256-269 [corrections], pls I-VIII.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Protococcus is Protococcus kermesinus (Wrangel) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gloeocapsopsis magma (Brébisson) Komárek & Anagnostidis ex Komárek.
Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. (1993). Validation of the genera Gloeocapsopsis and Asterocapsa (Cyanoprokaryota) with regard to species from Japan, Mexico and Himalayas. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. Series B, Botany 19(1): 19-37.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 July 2018
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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 14 November 2024