Phacus helicoideus C.Bernard 1908

Publication Details
Phacus helicoideus C.Bernard 1908: 206, fig. 563

Published in: Bernard, C. (1908). Protococcacées et desmidiées d'eau douce, récoltées à Java. pp. [i]–v, [1]–230, 16 plates. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij.

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Publication date: 1908

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phacus is Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lepocinclis oxyuris var. helicoidea (C. Bernard) Zakrys & Chaber.

Source of Synonymy
Chaber, K., Lukomska-Kowalczyk, M., Fells, A., Milanowski, R. & Zakrys, B. (2022). Toward the robust resolution of taxonomic ambiguity within Lepocinclis (Euglenida) based on DNA sequencing and morphology. Journal of Phycology 58(1): 105-120.

Type Information
Type locality: Indonesia: Bot. Gard., Tjiboda (W. Java); (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended diagnosis (Zakrys & Chaber in Chaber et al., 2022: 114).

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 March 2022

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 July 2025

 
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