Conferva biddulphiana J.E.Smith 1807
Current name:
Biddulphia biddulphiana (J.E.Smith) Boyer
Estepona, Malaga province, Spain; Imaged with a 63x objective, DIC. Diatom 115 µm in length - 25 January 2019. Forbes Pettigrew
Publication Details
Conferva biddulphiana J.E.Smith 1807: pl. 1762 [upper part]
Published in: Smith, J.E. (1807). English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks. / By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Imp. Acad. Naturae Curiosorum, the Academies of Stockholm, Upsal, Turin, Lisbon, Lund, Berlin, Philadelphia and the Nat. Hist. Societies of Paris and Moscow; President of the Linnaen Society. The figures by James Sowerby, F.L.S. Vol. XXV [25]. London: printed for the author by J. Davis.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Conferva is Conferva rupestris Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Biddulphia biddulphiana (J.E.Smith) Boyer.
Source of Synonymy
Boyer, C.S. (1901 '1900'). The biddulphoid forms of North American Diatomaceae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1900: 685-748.
Type Information
Type locality: "Southampton" [England]; (Smith 1807: text to plate 1762) Type: Miss Susanna Biddulph (epitype) entangled with every marine production of the season; BM?; (Smith 1807: 46976)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 January 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024