Staurastrum furcatum Brébisson 1856

Staurastrum furcatum Brébisson

Current name: Staurastrum furcatum Brébisson
Apical views. Alcohol preserved. Collected by Luca Marazzi, Okavango Delta, Botswana. - 01 January 2011. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com

Publication Details
Staurastrum furcatum Brébisson 1856: 136

Published in: Brébisson, [L.] A. de (1856). Liste des Desmidiées, observées en Basse-Normandie. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 4: 113-166, pls I, II.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Staurastrum is Staurastrum paradoxum Meyen ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), forked, furcate (Stearn 1992).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 August 2023

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Nomenclatural note
This name has a confused and difficult nomenclatural history. Wetzel (1933) considered that Xanthidium furcatum Ehrenberg, 1834 was a fossil dinoflagellate which he referred to Hystrichosphaera furcata (Ehrenberg) O.Wetzel, whilst many desmidologists use Ehrenberg's name as the basionym of Staurastrum furcatum (Ehrenberg) Brébisson (1856). However, if Xanthidium furcatum Ehrenberg is indeed a desmid, then it is a devalidated name first validated in Ralfs (1848: 213 "Xanthidium furcatum (Ehr.)") and should be cited as Xanthidium furcatum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs. If it is a fossil dinoflagellate then Ehrenberg's name is valid and can serve as the basionym of Hystrichosphaera furcata (Ehrenberg) O.Wetzel. In this instance, the name Staurastrum furcatum Brébisson, 1856 can be treated as a new name typified by Brébisson's materials and cited as above. Pending further investigation, this is the position adopted here. - (13 September 2013) - M.D. Guiry

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