Pseudocharaciopsis minuta (A.Braun) Hibberd 1981

Characiopsis minuta (A.Braun) Borzì

Current name: Characiopsis minuta (A.Braun) Borzì
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; water garden, 1000x, DIC - 28 September 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Pseudocharaciopsis minuta (A.Braun) Hibberd 1981: 110

Published in: Hibberd, D.J. (1981). Notes on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the algal classes Eustigmatophyceae and Tribophyceae (synonym Xanthophyceae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 82: 93-119, 17 figs, 1 table.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pseudocharaciopsis is Pseudocharaciopsis texensis K.W.Lee & H.C.Bold.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Characiopsis minuta (A.Braun) Borzì.

Source of Synonymy
Johnson, L.R. (2011). Phylum Xanthophyta (Tribophyta) (Yellow-green algae). Orders Botrydiales, Mischococcales, Rhizochloridales, Tribonematales. In: The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. Second edition. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 318-335. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Basionym
Characium minutum A.Braun ex Kützing

Type Information
In Oedogonio fonticola (v.s.) [in Oedogonium fonticola A.Braun ex Hirn]; Neotype (Lectotype?): the single cell illustrated as no. 6 in Tab V, F n Braun (1855): Epitype: strain ACOI 2423 (cryopreseved), deposited at ACOI (epitype) (Amaral et al. 2020: 200, fig. 1) Notes: in Oedogonio fonticola (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small; minute (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 14 March 2004 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 12 March 2022

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