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WoRMS name details

Kirchneriella contorta (Schmidle) Bohlin, 1897

AphiaID

164067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164067)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Raphidocelis danubiana (Hindák) Marvan, Komárek & Comas, 1984

Rank

Species

Parent

Kirchneriella Schmidle, 1893

Original name

Kirchneriella obesa var. contorta Schmidle, 1894

Direct children (5)

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Variety Kirchneriella contorta var. elegans (Playfair) Komárek, 1979 accepted as Raphidocelis danubiana var. elegans (Playfair) Taşkin & Alp, 2019 (synonym)
Variety Kirchneriella contorta var. elongata (G.M.Smith) Komárek, 1979 accepted as Pseudokirchneriella elongata (G.M.Smith) Hindák, 1990 (synonym)
Variety Kirchneriella contorta var. gracillima Bohlin, 1897 accepted as Raphidocelis contorta var. gracillima (Bohlin) P.Marvan, J.Komárek & A.Comas, 1984
Variety Kirchneriella contorta var. gracillima (Bohlin) Chodat, 1902 accepted as Raphidocelis contorta var. gracillima (Bohlin) P.Marvan, J.Komárek & A.Comas, 1984
Variety Kirchneriella contorta var. lunaris Rich (uncertain)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:111582

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:111582 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Kirchneriella contorta (Schmidle) Bohlin, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164067 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-08 08:06:10Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2010-12-15 09:59:30Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2012-10-23 09:43:47Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2015-06-26 12:00:51Z

changed

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Nomenclature

basis of record Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. <i>Studia Algologica Lovaniensia</i>, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]