Frustulia cuneata (Lyngbye) C.Agardh 1824
Publication Details
Frustulia cuneata (Lyngbye) C.Agardh 1824: 2
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].
Request PDFPublication date: probably September 1824
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Frustulia is Frustulia saxonica Rabenhorst.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Licmophora cuneata (Lyngbye) Guiry.
Source of Synonymy
Guiry, M.D. (2022). Licmophora cuneata (Lyngbye) comb. nov. is the correct name for Licmophora lyngbyei (Kützing) Grunow ≡ Frustulia lyngbyei Kützing, nom. illeg. (Licmophoraceae, Bacillariophyta). Notulae Algarum 266: 1-3, 2 figs.
Basionym
Echinella cuneata Lyngbye
Type Information
Type locality: "in sinu Othiniensi Ceramio rubro insidens" [Odense Fjord, Denmark, on Ceramium rubrum]; (Lyngbye 1819: 211)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), wedge-shaped (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 November 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025
