Strombomonas maxima (Skvortsov) Deflandre

Levanets, Anatoliy, Vuuren, Sanet Janse Van, Łukomska-Kowalczyk, Maja & Zakryś, Bożena, 2025, Annotated checklist of photosynthetic freshwater euglenids (Euglenales: Euglenaceae and Phacaceae) from southern Africa, Phytotaxa 710 (1), pp. 22-56 : 31

40. Strombomonas maxima (Skvortsov) Deflandre

= Trachelomonas maxima Skvortsov , Strombomonas costata Deflandre, S. costata var. constricta Rino , S. costata var. minor Rino

MO: Rino 1972 [Maputo Province: Maputo, in a puddle, next to the Maputo Airport roundabout, very rare, 3 February 1970, leg. J. Rino 395-B], as Strombomonas costata Defl. ; [Maputo Province: Maputo, Inhaca Island, next to the south-eastern arm of Muduena Lake, in a small pool, plankton, 3 June 1970, leg. J. Rino 460], as Strombomonas costata var. constricta Rino ; [Maputo Province: Maputo, in a puddle, next to the Maputo Airport roundabout, rare, 3 February 1970, leg. J. Rino 395-B], as Strombomonas costata var. minor Rino. — ZA: Thomasson 1965 [Lake Kariba, Songwe (now Zongwe) River (27º27’E, 17º16.6’S, May 1959)], as Strombomonas maxima .

Note. In Rino (1972: Pl. 8, figs. 13-17) all illustrated cells belong to Strombomonas maxima (young and mature specimens). In our opinion var. constricta Rino and var. minor Rino represent different developmental stages of S. maxima .