Euglena convoluta Korshikov 1941

Publication Details
Euglena convoluta Korshikov 1941: 23, fig. 1 a, b

Published in: Korshikov, A.A. (1941). On some new or little known flagellates. Archiv für Protistenkunde 95: 22-44.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lepocinclis convoluta (Korshikov) Zakryś & Chaber.

Source of Synonymy
Chaber, K., Lukomska-Kowalczyk, M., Fells, A., Milanowski, R. & Zakrys, B. (2022). Toward the robust resolution of taxonomic ambiguity within Lepocinclis (Euglenida) based on DNA sequencing and morphology. Journal of Phycology 58(1): 105-120.

Type Information
Type locality: Russia, Gorky District; (Chaber & al. 2022: 112) Type: flocks of benthic cyanobacteria on a bank of small river Seryosha; (Chaber & al. 2022: 112) Notes: Representative DNA sequences: GenBank MW730863, MW730841.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended diagnosis (Zakrys & Chaber in Chaber et al. 2022).

Created: 26 November 2002 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 07 March 2022

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 June 2025

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