Phacus parvulus var. pusillus (Lemmermann) T.G.Popova 1955

Publication Details
Phacus parvulus var. pusillus (Lemmermann) T.G.Popova 1955: 213, pl. 86: fig. 15

Published in: Popova, T.G. (1955). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh vodorosley SSSR. Evglenovyye vodorosli [Manual for identification of the freshwater algae of the USSR. Euglenids]. Vol. 7 pp. [1]-281 [282], 119 figs. Moscow: Sovetskaya Nauka. [in Russian]

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phacus is Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phacus pusillus Lemmermann.

Basionym
Phacus pusillus Lemmermann

Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Brandenburg; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: fig. 223 in Lemmermann in Pascher's Süssw., Fl.,2, 1913: Epiype: fig. 1, q and R (cells in resin, for E, from strain UTEX 1282), Univ. Warsaw (epitype) (Karnkowska-Ishikawa et al. 2010: 178) Notes: Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. (2020: 1148) note the epitypification statement published in Karnkowska-Ishikawa et al. 2010 (p. 178) does not include the phrase "designated here". They designated the epitype (Karnkowska-Ishikawa et al. 2010, fig. 1r) in their 2020 publication.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 27 November 2002 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 18 December 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024

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