Euglena excavata J.Schiller 1955

Current name: Discoplastis excavata (J.Schiller) Zakryś & Łukomska
Poland, Izdebno Kościelne village, mid-field pond; September 2017 - 21 December 2021. Bożena Zakryś (zakrys@biol.uw.edu.pl)

Publication Details
Euglena excavata J.Schiller 1955: 117, fig. 105 [three representations]

Published in: Huber-Pestalozzi, G. (1955). Das Phytoplankton des Süsswassers. Systematik und biologie. 4. Teil. Euglenophyceen. In: Die Binnengewässer...Band 16, 4. Teil. (Thienemann, A. Eds), pp. [i]-ix, 1-606. Stuttgart: E.Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller).

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Discoplastis excavata (J.Schiller) Zakryś & Łukomska.

Source of Synonymy
Lukomska-Kowalczyk, M., Chaber, K., Fells, A., Milanowski, R. & Zakrys, B. (2021). Description of Flexiglena gen. nov. and new members of Discoplastis and Euglenaformis (Euglenida). Journal of Phycology 57(3): 766-779.

Type Information
Syntypes locality: Austria, the canal Rust of the Lake Neusiedler See and farm ponds in Marchfeld; (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. 2021: 773) Lectotype: Schiller in Huber-Pestalozzi 1955, fig. 105 : Epitype: Fig. 3t (epitype) (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. 2021: 773)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended diagnosis (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al., 2021: 772).

Created: 26 November 2002 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 22 June 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2025