Phacus similis f. minor Bourrelly & Couté, nom. inval. 1978

Publication Details
Phacus similis f. minor Bourrelly & Couté, nom. inval. 1978: 296, pl. 1: fig. 3

Published in: Bourrelly, P. & Couté, A. (1978). Algues d’eau douce rares ou nouvelles pour la flore française. Revue Algologique, Nouvelle Série 13(4): 295-307, Plates I-IV [1-4]. [in French; French and English abstracts]

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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 smulkowskianus (Zakryś) W.-H.Kusber.

Source of Synonymy
Karnkowska-Ishikawa, A., Milanowski, R., Kwiatowski, J. & Zakrys, B. (2010). Taxonomy of the Phacus oscillans (Euglenaceae) and its close relatives - balancing morphological and molecular features. Journal of Phycology 46(1): 172-182.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), like, resembling, similar (Sreenivasa Rao 1965).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 18 March 2010 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 November 2023

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Nomenclatural note
"Phacus similis f. minor Bourr. & Couté in Rev. Algol. 4: 296, pl. 1, fig. 3. 1978, nom. inval. (Greuter & al. 1994, Art. 43.1)]" (Kusber 1998: 246). - (04 March 2016) - M.D. Guiry

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