Rhopalodia operculata var. constricta (Brébisson) R.Ross 1986
Publication Details
Rhopalodia operculata var. constricta (Brébisson) R.Ross 1986: 610
Published in: Hartley, B. [in collaboration with Ross, R. & Williams, D.M.] (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 66(3): 531-610.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhopalodia is Rhopalodia gibba (Ehrenberg) O.Müller.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhopalodia constricta (W.Smith) Krammer.
Basionym
Epithemia constricta W.Smith
Type Information
Type locality: "Brackish water. Excet, Sussex, March 1852, Wm. Sm."; (Smith 1853: 14) Lectotype : W. Smith; 16 March 1852; BM; slide no. 23050 (Kociolek & al. 2024: 52)
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 December 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025
