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Cosmarium contractum O.Kirchner, 1878 
AphiaID: 608800

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Streptophyta (Infrakingdom) > Charophyta (Phylum) > Zygnematophyceae (Class) > Zygnematales (Order) > Desmidiaceae (Family) > Cosmarium (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cosmarium Corda ex Ralfs, 1848
Synonymised
taxa
  Cosmarium contractum f. jacobsenii (J.Roy) West & G.S.West (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Forma Cosmarium contractum f. ellipticum (A.M.Scott & Grönblad) Croasdale
Forma Cosmarium contractum f. indentatum
Forma Cosmarium contractum f. intermedia Playfair
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. contractum Kirchner, 1878
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. cracoviense Raciborski, 1885
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. ellipsoideum (Elfving) West & G.S.West, 1902
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. gartanense West & G.S.West, 1902
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. incrassatum A.M.Scott & Prescott, 1958
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. incrassatum Föster, 1963
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. indentatum (Grönblad) Willi Krieger & Gerloff, 1962
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. maximum West & G.S.West
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. minutum (Delponte) Coesel, 1989
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. notatum (Raciborski) Playfair
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. pachydermum A.M.Scott & Prescott
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. retusum (West & G.S.West) Willi Krieger & Gerloff, 1962
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. rotundatum Borge
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. subellipticum Playfair
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. subfoveatum Playfair
Variety Cosmarium contractum var. subglobosum Förster, 1965

Forma Cosmarium contractum f. jacobsenii (J.Roy) West & G.S.West accepted as Cosmarium contractum O.Kirchner, 1878
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Ramisi [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:608800
Taxonomic
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2012-09-03 10:56:51Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Cosmarium contractum O.Kirchner, 1878. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=608800 on 2013-05-24
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