Diatoma pectinalis (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh 1812
Publication Details
Diatoma pectinalis (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh 1812: 34
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1812). Dispositio algarum Sueciae, quam publico examini subjiciunt Carl Adolph Agardh...& Elias Magnus Fries, Smolandus. Die [in handwriting:] xv maji [original April date deleted] mdcccxii. p. iii. h, et l.s. Pars 3. pp. [i], 27-34. Lundae: Litteris Berlingianis.
Request PDFPublication date: 15 May 1812
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Diatoma is Diatoma vulgaris Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Fragilaria pectinalis (O.F.Müller) Lyngbye.
Source of Synonymy
Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Basionym
Conferva pectinalis O.F.Müller
Type Information
Type locality: "In palustribus Hauniensibus" [Denmark: near Copenhagen]; (Müller 1788: 91) Lectotype: fig. 4 in O.F. Müller 1788: 91: an individual from slide BM 101152 in BM (located at England finder L33-3: fig. 4B), "New river near Hornsey, March 5, 1802" (epitype) (Tuji & Williams 2006: 198) Notes: Isoepitype: TNS.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 October 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
