Stephanodiscus astraea (Kützing) Grunow 1880
Publication Details
Stephanodiscus astraea (Kützing) Grunow 1880: 114
Published in: Cleve, P.T. & Grunow, A. (1880). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der arctischen Diatomeen. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 17(2): 1-121, 7 pls.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Stephanodiscus is Stephanodiscus niagarae Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Cyclotella astraea Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Hassan Kaleh, Araxes area (Kurdistan), Turkey; (Håkansson 2002: 111) Lectotype: BHUPM; box 3, book 7, slides (mica); "Hassan Kaleh (Araxes", 1 abl (Håkansson 2002: 109) Notes: Isotypes: Ehrenberg collection. BHUPM, box 3, book 7, slides (mica) 1cbl, 2dw, 4 cw, 4 cbl; B-Ld46, B-Ld 48, Håkansson collection. Original material : Ehrenberg collection, BHUPM, sample 78. Original drawing: pl. 1955.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 April 2020
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Unspecified note
Edlund et al. (2003: 236) cite the authority for this as (Ehrenberg) Grunow in Cleve & Grunow. They also note that this taxon has been shown to be a complex of species [e.g. S. neoastraea Håkansson & B. Hickel, S. niagarae Ehrenberg, S. rotula (Kützing) Hendey]. - (30 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Nomenclatural notes
Håkansson (2002: 109) cites Stephanodiscus astrea (Ehrenberg) Grunow (in Van Heurck 1880-82), pl. XCV, fig. 5 as a synonym of Cyclotella astrea (Ehrenberg ) Kützing 1845; 267. - (07 April 2016) - G.M. Guiry
According to Index Nominum Algarum: cites Cyclotella rotula Kützing, which Kützing (Sp. Alg. 19. 1849) cites as synonym of Discoplea astraea Ehrenberg 1844 (invalid); unequivocal combination made in Van Heurck, Syn. Diat. Belg.: expl. pl. XCV: fig. 5. 1882; intended combination of Discoplea astraea Ehrenberg 1844 (invalid). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2025
