Frustulia vulgaris (Thwaites) De Toni 1891
Current name:
Frustulia vulgaris (Thwaites) De Toni
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; ditch, 1000x, DIC - 07 March 2010. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Frustulia vulgaris (Thwaites) De Toni 1891: 280
Published in: De Toni, G.B. (1891). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. II. Sylloge Bacillariearum. Sectio I. Rhaphideae. pp. [i-iii]. [i]-cxxxii, 1-490. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Publication date: 25 July 1891
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Frustulia is Frustulia saxonica Rabenhorst.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Schizonema vulgare Thwaites
Type Information
Type locality: "Occurs during the spring in almost every ditch and running stream" [England].; (Thwaites 1848: 170)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), common, general, ordinary (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 January 2024
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024