Diatoma ehrenbergii f. grandis (W.Smith) Rabenhorst 1864
Publication Details
Diatoma ehrenbergii f. grandis (W.Smith) Rabenhorst 1864: 122
Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.
Request PDFPublication date: Mar-Mai 1864
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Diatoma is Diatoma vulgaris Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Diatoma vulgaris var. grandis (W.Smith) Grunow.
Basionym
Diatoma grandis W.Smith
Type Information
Syntype localities: "River Sorgues near Vaucluse; River Lune, Lancashire, April 1848, lilt. G. Smith. River Shannon near Athlone, and Lough Corrib river, July 1853, W. Sm. Lough Neagh, Dr. Dickie. Lough Leven, May 1854, Dr. Gregory."; (Smith 1855: 7)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (singular possessive) (Latin), named for a person with the surname Ehrenberg, for algae generally Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 January 2011
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 January 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 March 2025
