Characium stipitatum (H.Bachmann) Wille 1909
Current name:
Stylosphaeridium stipitatum (H.Bachmann) Geitler & Gimesi
Epiphytic on Coelosphaerium in plankton; Lough Inagh, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland - 25 January 2006. David John (d_m_john@ntlworld.com)
Publication Details
Characium stipitatum (H.Bachmann) Wille 1909: 45
Published in: Wille, N. (1909). Conjugatae und Chlorophyceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien ... Nachträge zum I. Teil, Abteilung 2 über die Jahre 1890 bis 1910. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 1-96. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Characium is Characium sieboldii A.Braun.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Stylosphaeridium stipitatum (H.Bachmann) Geitler & Gimesi.
Basionym
Chlamydomonas stipitata H.Bachmann
Type Information
Type locality: "Bewohnt die Gallerthülle von Gomphosphaeria Naegeliana... Loch Earn" [In sheath of Gomphosphaeria naegliana, Loch Earn, Scotland]; (Bachmann 1908: 81)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), stipitate, provided with a stalk or a little stipe (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 07 November 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 March 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 March 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024