TAXONOMY OF THE PHACUS OSCILLANS (EUGLENACEAE) AND ITS CLOSE RELATIVES-BALANCING MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR FEATURES1

The establishment of epitypes (together with emended diagnoses) for seven species of Phacus Dujard. [Phacus oscillans G. A. Klebs, Phacus parvulus G. A. Klebs, Phacus pusillus Lemmerm., Phacus skujae Skvortzov, Phacus inflexus (Kisselew) Pochm., Phacus polytrophos Pochm., and Phacus smulkowskianus (Zakryś) Kusber] was achieved by literature studies, verification of morphological diagnostic features (cell size, cell shape), as well as molecular...