Cryptococcus mollis Kützing 1833
Publication details
Cryptococcus mollis Kützing 1833: 365
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1833). Beitrag zur Kenntniss über die Entstehung und Metamorphose der niedern vegetabilischen Organismen, nebst einer systematischen Zusammenstellung der hieher gehörigen niedern Algenformen. Linnaea 8: 335-384, plates 6-8.
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Publication date: 1833
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Cryptococcus.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type information
'an feuchten und schmutzigen Fenstern' (INA 1996).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), soft, pliant (Stearn 1983).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Nomenclatural notes
Not clear which Kützing (1833) paper has priority. - (27 Nov 2020) - M.D. Guiry
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Key references
Kützing, F.T. (1833). Algarum aquae dulcis germanicarum Decas III. pp. [1-24]. Halis Saxonum [Halle]: in commissis C.A. Schwetschkii et fil..
Rodrigues de Miranda, L. & Batenburg-van der Vegte, W.H. (1981). Cryptococcus mollis Kützing, type species of the genus Cryptococcus: investigation of the type material. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 47(1): 65-72, 5 figures.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 17 October 2024 by G.M. Guiry
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References
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Rodrigues de Miranda, L. & Batenburg-van der Vegte, W.H. (1981). Cryptococcus mollis Kützing, type species of the genus Cryptococcus: investigation of the type material. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 47(1): 65-72, 5 figures.
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