Phacus longicauda f. insectus Huber-Pestalozzi, nom. illeg. 1955

Publication Details
Phacus longicauda f. insectus Huber-Pestalozzi, nom. illeg. 1955: 223, fig. 302A (as 'var. major f. insecta')

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 (holotype) of the genus Phacus is Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin.

Source of Synonymy
Lukomska-Kowalczyk, M., Karnkowska, A., Milanowski, R., Lach, L. & Zakrysá, B. (2015). Delimiting species in the Phacus longicauda complex (Euglenida) through morphological and molecular analyses. Journal of Phycology 51(6): 1147-1157.

Type Information
Type locality: Hungary: Theiss (Nagyfa); (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), long-tail; noun in apposition.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 25 February 2022

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Nomenclatural notes
Illegitimate: not Phacus longicauda var. insecta Koczwara, 1917. - (22 January 2017) - M.D. Guiry
Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. (2015: 1151) cite the authority as (Koczw.) Huber-Pestalozzi. In INA the name Koczwara is crossed out. - (26 January 2016) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 February 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 July 2025