Micrasterias convoluta (A.K.J.Corda) Kuntze
Current name:
Monoraphidium convolutum (Corda) Komárková-Legnerová
Collected by David John from an animal drinking trough at Llangennith, Gower, South Wales. - 15 September 2010. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Micrasterias convoluta (A.K.J.Corda) Kuntze: p. 905
Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Pars II. pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milano, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. A. Schechert, Charles Klincksierck.
Request PDFPublication date: 5 Nov 1891
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Micrasterias is Micrasterias furcata C.Agardh ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Monoraphidium convolutum (Corda) Komárková-Legnerová.
Basionym
Ankistrodesmus convolutus Corda
Type Information
Type locality: "sur les Conferves et sur le bois des vannes de la Teple, dans l'eau chaude, au pied du rocher St. Bernard" [Karlovy Vary, west Bohemia, Czech Republic]; (Corda 1838: 197)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 June 2023
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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
