Coelosphaerium lacustre (Chodat) Ostenfeld 1907

Publication Details
Coelosphaerium lacustre (Chodat) Ostenfeld 1907: 396

Published in: Ostenfeld, C.H. (1907). Beitrage zur kenntnis der Algenflora des Kossogol-Beckens in der nordwestlichen Mongolei, mit spezieller Berucksichtigung des Phytoplanktons. Hedwigia 46: 365-420.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Coelosphaerium is Coelosphaerium kuetzingianum Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Snowella lacustris (Chodat) Komárek & Hindák.

Basionym
Gomphosphaeria lacustris Chodat

Type Information
Syntype localities: "...j'ai trouvé cette algue dans les lacs suivants : Aiguebelette, Paladru, Bourget, Annecy, Joux, Neuchâtel, Bienne, Morat, Majeur, Genève, soit dans dix lacs au moins" [Feance and Switzerland]; (Chodat 1898: 185)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), inhabiting lakes (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 23 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 10 July 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 July 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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