Chaetoglena caudata Ehrenberg 1841

Current name:
Trachelomonas caudata (Ehrenberg) F.Stein
In Sphagnum, College Valley, Northumbria, UK. - 17 October 2012. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Chaetoglena caudata Ehrenberg 1841: 199
Published in: Ehrenberg, [C.G.] (1840). [Characteristik von 274 neuen Arten von Infusorien]. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1840: 197-219.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chaetoglena is Chaetoglena volvocina Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Trachelomonas caudata (Ehrenberg) F.Stein.
Source of Synonymy
Stein, F. (1878). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen forschungen in systematischere Reihenfolge bearbeitet. III. Abtheilung. Die Naturgeschichte der Flagellaten oder Geisselinfusorien. I. Hälfte, Den noch nicht abgeschlossenen allgemeinen Theil nebst erklärung: Der sämmtlichen Abbildungen enthaltend. pp. i-x, 1-154, pls I-XXIV. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
Type Information
Type locality: Berlin; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), caudate, i.e., ending with a tail-like appendage (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 July 2016
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Taxonomic note
[Is this algal?] (INA). - (25 July 2016) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 July 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025