Melosira dickiei (Thwaites) Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Melosira dickiei (Thwaites) Kützing 1849: 889
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melosira is Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Angusticopula dickiei (Thwaites) Houk, Klee & H.Tanaka.
Source of Synonymy
Houk, V., Klee, R. & Tanaka, H. (2017). Atlas of freshwater centric diatoms with a brief key and descriptions. Second emended edition of Part I and II. Melosiraceae, Liparogyraceae, Paraliaceae and Aulacoseiraceae. Fottea 17(Supplement): 1-616.
Basionym
Orthoseira dickiei Thwaites
Type Information
Type locality: near Aberdeen in moist dark cave near sea, on mosses etc., fine blackish-green sand; (Thwaites 1848: 168) Lectotype (designated by Houk & al. 2017: 25): G. Dickie; Dec. 1847; W; slide 'Cl. & M. Diat. 59' (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 January 2019
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Citing AlgaeBase
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 January 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025
