Scenedesmus platydiscus (G.M.Smith) Chodat 1926
Publication Details
Scenedesmus platydiscus (G.M.Smith) Chodat 1926: 175
Published in: Chodat, R. (1926). Scenedesmus. Étude de génétique de systématique expérimentale et d'hydrobiologie. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Hydrologie 3: 71-258.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Scenedesmus is Scenedesmus obtusus Meyen.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Comasiella arcuata var. platydisca (G.M.Smith) E.Hegewald & M.Wolf.
Source of Synonymy
Hegewald, E., Wolf, M., Keller, A. Friedl, T. & Krienitz, L. (2010). ITS2 sequence-structure phylogeny in the Scenedesmaceae with special reference to Coelastrum (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae), including the new genera Comasiella and Pectinodesmus. Phycologia 49(4): 325-335.
Basionym
Scenedesmus arcuatus var. platydiscus G.M.Smith
Type Information
Type locality: [Wisconsin?] USA; (Smith 1916: 251)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 02 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 March 2021
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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: no Latin description or type designation. - (24 June 2016) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 July 2025
