Closterium polymorphum Perty 1849
Current name:
Penium polymorphum (Perty) Perty
Location: Bog Waasenmoos Pass Thurn near Mittersil (Tyrol, Austria) - 01 October 2019. © Wolfgang Bettighofer, www.protisten.de, image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Publication Details
Closterium polymorphum Perty 1849: 28
Published in: Perty, M. (1849). Über verticale Verbreitung mikroskopischer Lebensformen. Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern 1849(146-149): 17-45.
Request PDFPublication date: 15 February 1849
Type 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 Penium polymorphum (Perty) Perty.
Source of Synonymy
Perty, M. (1852). Zur Kenntniss kleinster Lebensformen: nach Bau, Funktionen, Systematik, mit Specialverzeichniss der in der Schweiz beobachteten. pp. [1]–228, 17 plates. Bern: Jent & Reinert.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), polymorphous, polymorphic; variable in form (Brown 1954).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 July 2023
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Taxonomic note
Combination also proposed by G. Nygaard in Berg & Nygaard 1929: 312, fig. 27; pl. III: fig. 34-38, but it was illegitimate: not Closterium polymorphum Perty 1849 [INA] - (03 December 2017) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 May 2025
