Chamaesiphon polonicus (Rostafinski) Hansgirg 1893

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Chamaesiphon polonicus (Rostafinski) Hansgirg 1893

Published in: Hansgirg, A. (1893). Prodromus der Algenflora von Böhmen. Zweiter Theil welcher die blaugrünen Algae (Myxophyceen, Cyanophyceen), nebst Nachträgen zum ersten Theile und einer systmatischen Bearbeitung der in Böhmen verbreiten saprophytischen Bacterien und Euglenen enhält. Mit den opiz-preise Gekrönte Arbeit auf Kosten des Opizfondes. Archiv für die naturwissenschaftliche Landesdurchforschung von Böhmen 8(4): 1-268, 68 figures.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chamaesiphon is Chamaesiphon confervicola A.Braun.

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

Basionym
Sphaerogonium polonicum Rostafinski

Type Information
Type locality: Poland; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 31 August 2020

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Habitat note
Freshwater, mostly in large streams or upper stretches of fast-flowing rivers; absent from soft waters and sometimes present in hard waters, though apparently almost always on non-calcareous rocks; typical of mesotrophic and slightly eutrophic conditions (Whitton in John et al. 2002). - (13 July 2012) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 August 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2025

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