Astasia fustis Pringsheim 1942
Publication Details
Astasia fustis Pringsheim 1942: 180, fig. 6
Published in: Pringsheim, E.G. (1942). Contributions to our knowledge of saprophytic algae and Flagellata III. Astasia, Distigma, Menoidium and Rhabdomonas. New Phytologist 41(3): 171-205, 20 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Astasia is Astasia limpida Dujardin.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Obtained first from mud with a variety of interesting flagellates, sent to me by Prof. T. M. Harris, University of Reading. In the enrichment cultures it occurred together with Rhabdomonas costata and Astasia Harrisii. ... (Other strains were found in a garden pool in Cambridge and in a ditch at Cherry Hinton near Cambridge." [Presumably all syntype localities are in England]; (Pringsheim 1942: 182)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 17 December 2002 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 02 November 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 November 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
