Gomphonema tenellum var. micropus (Kützing) G.Rabenhorst 1864
Publication Details
Gomphonema tenellum var. micropus (Kützing) G.Rabenhorst 1864: 284
Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.
Publication date: Mar-Mai 1864
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gomphonema is Gomphonema acuminatum Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gomphonema micropus Kützing.
Basionym
Gomphonema micropus Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: "auf eine Vaucheria bei Nordhausen" [Germany]; (Kützing 1844: 84) Lectotype (designated by Van de Vijver & al. 2023: 2): BR; 4754 (fig. 5) (Van de Vijver & al. 2023: 2)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), delicate (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 December 2012
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 December 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024