Conferva fluviatilis Linnaeus 1753
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Eukaryota unassigned
Phylum Eukaryota unassigned phylum
Class Eukaryota unassigned class
Order Eukaryota unassigned order
Family Eukaryota unassigned family
Genus Conferva
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Axial filament protruding from cut end of thallus.Waterfall at Arlington Gardens, Devon, UK.. 13 Mar 2019. © C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.
Uncorticated axial filament within thallus.Waterfall at Arlington Gardens, Devon, UK.. 13 Mar 2019. © C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.
Spermatangial patch. Waterfall at Arlington Gardens, Devon, UK.. 13 Mar 2019. © C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.
Spermatangial patch. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UKNear Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK.. 17 Apr 2012. © C.F. Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Protuberances with spermatangial patches. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK.. 17 Apr 2012. © C.F. Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Spermatangial patch in profile at high magnification. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UKNear Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK.. 17 Apr 2012. © C.F. Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Base of tubular thallus showing presumed chantransia stage (inset). Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK.. 17 Apr 2012. © C.F. Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Carposporophytes visible as shadows. Findhorn, Scotland,. 18 Jun 2008. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Red-cyan anaglyph. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK.. 18 Apr 2012. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
Red-cyan anaglyph. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK. 18 Apr 2012. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).
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Lemanea fluviatilis (Linnaeus) C.Agardh Uncorticated axial filament within thallus.Waterfall at Arlington Gardens, Devon, UK.
© C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com
Publication details
Conferva fluviatilis Linnaeus 1753: 1165
Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera
relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii. Download PDF
Publication date: 1 May 1753
Original description: Download PDF
Type species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lemanea fluviatilis (Linnaeus) C.Agardh
Type information
Type locality: Europe (Index Nominum Algarum).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Source of current name
Agardh, C.A. (1811). Dispositio algarum Sueciae, quam publico examini subjiciunt Carl Adolph Agardh... & Johannes Bruzelius, Scanus. Die xi decembris mdcccxi. p. ii. h. & l.s. pp. Pars 2: [i], 17-26. Lundae: Litteris Berlingianis.
Key references
Spencer, M.A., Irvine, L.M. & Jarvis, C.E. (2009). Typification of Linnaean names relevant to algal nomenclature. Taxon 58: 237-260.
Vis, M.L. & Sheath, R.G. (1992). Systematics of the freshwater red algal family Lemanaceae in North America. Phycologia 31(2): 164-179.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 20 April 2015 by G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2021.