Chlorogonium fusiforme Matvienko 1938
Publication Details
Chlorogonium fusiforme Matvienko 1938: 62
Published in: Matvienko, A.M. (1938). Materyiali do vivcheniya vodorostej URSR. I. [Contribution to the study of the algae of the UKR. SSR. I. Algae of the Sphagnum-Swamp "Klukvennoye"]. Uchen. Zap. Kharkyiv. derzh. Unyiv. 14: 29-78. [in Ukrainian]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chlorogonium is Chlorogonium euchlorum (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rusalka fusiformis (Matvienko) T.Nakada .
Type Information
Type locality: Near Kharkov, Ukraine; (Nakada, Nozaki & Pröschold 2008: 758) Lectotype: A sphagnum-swamp "Klukvennoye"; (Nakada, Nozaki & Pröschold 2008: 758) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Nakada 2008): Matvienko (1938), fig.43. Epitype (designated by Nakada 2008): the NIES-50007 strain permanently cryopreserved in the Microbial Culture Collection at NIES
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), fusiform; swollen at the middle and tapering to each end like a spindle; narrowly ellipsoid (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 04 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 23 May 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
