Closterium fusiforme F.Gay
Publication details
Closterium fusiforme F.Gay 1884: 339
Published in: Gay, F. (1884). Essai d'une monographie locale des conjugées. Montpellier Revue des Sciences Naturelles, série III 3(1): 187-228; 285-335.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Closterium is Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Taxonomic notes
Doubtful species according to Ruzicka (1977) - (14 Mar 2009) -
Combination also proposed by Noda, 1963: 141; pl. 8, fig. 2, but it was illegitimate: not Closterium fusiforme F. Gay 1884 [INA] - (17 Jul 2017) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
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Key references
Kouwets, F.A.C. (1999). A check-list of desmids (Chlorophyta, Zygnemaphyceae) of France. Patrimoines Natureles 41: 1-148.
Noda, M. (1963). Freshwater algae of north-eastern China. Journal of Faculty of Science Niagata University, series 2 4(3): 105-178, 18 fig.
Petlovany, O.A. & Tsarenko, P.M. (2015 '2014'). Desmidiales. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 4: Charophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 61-448. Ruggell: Koeltz Scientific Books.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 17 July 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020.
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