Discostella stelligera (Cleve & Grunow) Houk & Klee 2004

Publication Details
Discostella stelligera (Cleve & Grunow) Houk & Klee 2004: 208

Published in: Houk, V. & Klee, R. (2004). The stelligeroid taxa of the genus Cyclotella (Kützing) Brébisson (Bacillariophyceae) and their transfer into the new genus Discostella gen. nov. Diatom Research 19(2): 203-228, 137 figs.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Discostella.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Cyclotella meneghiniana var. stelligera Cleve & Grunow

Type Information
Type locality: New Zealand: Rotorua Lake ; (Index Nominum Algarum) Holotype: S. Berggren; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: [type more likely W than M (INA)]. Holotype: Kryptogamae exsiccatae No. 2046, Nova Zeelandia: in lacu "Rotoaira" prope Taupo ca 700 m. s. m., m Jan., leg. S. Berggren, Botanische Staatssammlung München, Germany; Iconotype: Pl. 5, Fig. 63 a by Cleve et Grunow (in Cleve) 1881 (Houk & Klee, 2004: 208).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 06 April 2006 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 June 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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