Pleurocapsa crepidinum (Thuret) Ercegovic, nom. illeg. 1930
Publication Details
Pleurocapsa crepidinum (Thuret) Ercegovic, nom. illeg. 1930: 365
Published in: Ercegovic, A. (1930). Sur quelques types peu connus des Cyanophycées lithophytes. Archiv für Protistenkunde 71: 361-376, 6 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleurocapsa is Pleurocapsa fuliginosa Hauck.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gloeocapsopsis crepidinum (Thuret) Geitler ex Komárek.
Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999 '1998'). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Begründet von A. Pascher. Band 19/1. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-548. Heidelberg & Berlin: Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.
Basionym
Protococcus crepidinum Thuret
Type Information
Type locality: France: Manche: near Cherbourg; (Thuret 1854: 338) Notes: "Epitype (Designated Here) The preserved specimen of material of the strain G. crepidinum LEGE06123 (CCAP 1425/1) is available via the Herbarium Hamburgense, Hamburg, Germany (HBG-024929)." (Jung & al. 2021: 7).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: later homonym of Pleurocapsa crepidinum Collins 1901 - (15 February 2010) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 May 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025
