Astasia acus Ehrenberg 1840
Publication details
Astasia acus Ehrenberg 1840: 199
Published in: Ehrenberg, [C.G.] (1840). [Characteristik von 274 neuen Arten von Infusorien]. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1840: 197-219.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Astasia is Astasia limpida Dujardin.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Heteronema acus (Ehrenberg) F.Stein
Origin of species name
Noun (Latin), a needle.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
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Source of current name
Stein, F. von (1878). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen forschungen in systematischere Reihenfolge bearbeitet. III. Abtheilung. Die Naturgeschichte der Flagellaten oder Geisselinfusorien. I. Hälfte, Den noch nicht abgeschlossenen allgemeinen Theil nebst erklärung: Der sämmtlichen Abbildungen enthaltend. pp. i-x, 1-154, pls I-XXIV. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
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