Echinella geminata Lyngbye, nom. inval. 1819
Current name:
Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt
600x __Dim. 43 x 117 µm - 02 April 2011. Robert Lavigne. (MicroscopyView.com)
Publication Details
Echinella geminata Lyngbye, nom. inval. 1819: 219, pl. 70, D
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Echinella is Echinella radiosa Acharius.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt.
Type Information
in ins. Faer. ad saxa rivulorum subalpest. prope Argehospital et rupem Skielling [Faroe Islands]; (Lyngbye 1819: 219)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 July 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 May 2024