Closterium cancer Playfair 1907
Publication Details
Closterium cancer Playfair 1907: 167, pl. II: fig. 16
Published in: Playfair, G.J. (1907). Some new or less known desmids found in New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 160-201.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Closterium is Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cystodinium cornifax (A.J.Schilling) G.A.Klebs.
Source of Synonymy
Moestrup, Ø. & Calado, A.J. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Dinophyceae. Vol. 6 pp. [i]-xii, [1]-560, 421 figures. Berlin: Springer Spektrum.
Type Information
Murray's Lagoon, Collector [New South Wales, Australia]; (Playfair 1907: 167) Playfair;
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 May 2025
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Nomenclatural note
A doubtful species which West (1909) notes as "either a species of the Protococcaceous genus Reinschiella or a resting-cyst of one of the Peridiniales..."
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Roberta Cowan in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 May 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 July 2025
