Beckia bella (Beck) Elenkin 1938

Publication Details
Beckia bella (Beck) Elenkin 1938: 71, fig. 15

Published in: Elenkin, A.A. (1938). Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. I. I. Chroococcaceae Geitl.; II. Chamaesiphoneae Geitl.; III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk.: poryadok Stigonematales Geitl.; poryadok Mastigocladales Elenk.; poryadok Diplonematales Elenk.; poryadok Nostocales (Geitl.) Elenk.: sem. Nostocaceae Elenk., sem. Anabaenaceae Elenk., Aphanizomenonaceae Elenk., sem. Nodulariaceae Elenk., sem. Scytonemataceae (Kütz.) Elenk. pp. 984, 290 figures. Moscow & Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian and Latin]

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Publication date: 21 February 1938

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Beckia.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Microcrocis bella (Beck) Komárek & Anagnostidis.

Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1995). Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 67: 15-23.

Basionym
Holopedium bellum Beck

Type Information
Type locality: Austria: Carinthia: Kulmitzer Teich near Friesach; (INA 1996) Type: Th. Zedrosser; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 19 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 14 December 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025