Desmomastix globosa Pascher 1914
Publication Details
Desmomastix globosa Pascher 1914: 160, no fig.
Published in: Pascher, A. (1914). Über Flagellaten und Algen. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 32: 136-160.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Desmomastix.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Oxbows of the river Vltava, near Prague [Czech Republic]; (Moestrup & Calado 2018: 57)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), round like a ball, globose, spherical (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
With excentrical pyrenoid. Cell length 10–15 µm, width 8–14 µm. Spherical cysts surrounded by cellulosic wall. Cell division takes place in both the motile stage and the cyst stage.
Created: 16 October 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 27 January 2025
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Distributional note
Only known from oxbows of the river Vltava near Prague. - (27 January 2025) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 June 2025
