Hormiscia subtilis (Kützing) De Toni 1889
Publication Details
Hormiscia subtilis (Kützing) De Toni 1889: 159
Published in: De Toni, G.B. (1889). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. I. Chlorophyceae. pp. [3]-12, [i]-cxxxix, 1-1315. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Request PDFPublication date: 25 July 1889
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hormiscia is Hormiscia penicilliformis (Roth) Fries.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Klebsormidium subtile (Kützing) Mikhailyuk, Glaser, Holzinger & Karsten.
Basionym
Ulothrix subtilis Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: "Mühlengerinne" [millrace, Germany]; (Kützing 1845: 197) "Epitype": strain SAG 284-1 (cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen) (epitype) (Mikhailyuk et al. 2015: 763) Notes: "Epitype (designated here): Strain SAG 384-1 (proposed here as the authentic strain of K. subtile) is permanently preserved in a metabolically inactive state (cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen) in the SAG." Mikhailyuk & al. (2015: 763) do no specify what is being epitypified (holotype, lectotype or neotype?).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), fine, thin, delicate, fine, or precise.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 March 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
