Closterium griffithii Berkeley 1854

Publication Details
Closterium griffithii Berkeley 1854: 256, pl. 14 [XIV]: fig. 2

Published in: Berkeley, M.J. (1854). Description of a new species of Closterium (Closterium Griffithii). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, second series 13(76): 256, plate 14.

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Publication date: 1854

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Closterium is Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Monoraphidium griffithii (Berkeley) Komárková-Legnerová.

Source of Synonymy
Komárková-Legnerová, J. (1969). The systematics and ontogenesis of the genera Ankistrodesmus Corda and Monoraphidium gen. nov. In: Studies in Phycology. (Fott, B. Eds), pp. 75-144. Prague: Academia Publishing House of the Czechosolvak Academy of Sciences.

Type Information
Not provided; (Berkeley 1854: 256) J.W. Griffith; bog water;

Eponomy
Named for J.W. Griffith, the collector.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 May 2025

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Roberta Cowan in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 May 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 June 2025