Nitzschia scutellum (W.Smith) Wolle 1890
Publication Details
Nitzschia scutellum (W.Smith) Wolle 1890: pl. 44, fig. 24
Published in: Wolle, F. (1890). Diatomaceae of North America, illustrated with twenty-three hundred figures from the author's drawings on one hundred and twelve plates. pp. [i]-xiii, [15]-47, [errata], 112 pls. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Comenius Press.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitzschia is Nitzschia elongata Hassal.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Tryblionella scutellum W.Smith
Type Information
Type locality: "Marine. Poole Bay, Nov. 1848, W. Sm. (Hudson River.)"; (Smith 1853: 35)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), diminutive of scutum, a shield; literally, little shield (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 October 2018
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
