Amphora micrometra Giffen 1967
Publication Details
Amphora micrometra Giffen 1967: 253, pl. 59(1): figs 16, 17
Published in: Giffen, M.H. (1967). Contributions to the diatom flora of South Africa III. Diatoms of the marine littoral regions at Kidd's Beach near east London, Cape Province, South Africa. Nova Hedwigia 13(1/2): 245-292, pls 59-63.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphora is Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in aquis subsalsis lacus uni semiartificialis apud ostium fluvii Umkantzi in colonia provinciae Capensis Kidd's Beach dicta in Africa Meridionalis." [Kidd's Beach near East London, Cape Province, South Africa]; (Giffen 1967: 253) Type: marine littoral; Giffen collection; type slide 210 (Ács et al. 2011: 199) Notes: "Typus: praeparatum No. 210 in collectione GIFFEN, Fort Hare, provincia Capensis. Iconotypus: figurae nostrae No. 16 et 17."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
emend. Ács, Kiss & Levkov (2011: 200).
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 December 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024
