Phacus asymmetricus Sokoloff 1933
Publication Details
Phacus asymmetricus Sokoloff 1933: 200, fig. 4 (as 'asimmetricus')
Published in: Sokoloff, D. (1933). Algunas nuevas formas de flagelados del Valle de México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 4(3-4): 197-206, 8 figures.
Publication date: 1933
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phacus is Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
[Mexico: Biol. Inst. (cult.)]; (INA 1996) Notes: Ponds in Mexico (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al., 2020: 1151, citing Sokoloff ,1933).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 October 2024
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Habitat note
Small water bodies, ponds and channels (Valadez et al 2010, citing various sources). - (05 January 2011) - G.M. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 July 2025