Encyonopsis microcephala (Grunow) Krammer 1997

Publication Details
Encyonopsis microcephala (Grunow) Krammer 1997: 91, pl. 143: figs 1, 4, 5, 8-26; pl. 146: figs 1-5; pl. 147: figs 1-3; pl. 148: figs 4, 7; pl. 149: figs 1-8; pl. 150: fig 22; pl. 203: figs 13-18

Published in: Krammer, K. (1997). Die cymbelloiden Diatomeen. Eine Monographie der weltweit bekannten Taxa. Teil 2. Encyonema Part., Encyonopsis und Cymbellopsis. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 37: 1-469.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Encyonopsis is Encyonopsis cesatii (Rabenhorst) Krammer.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Cymbella microcephala Grunow

Type Information
Type locality: Belgium: Brussels; (INA 1996) Type: Delogne; Meise, National Botanical Garden, Coll. Van Heurck; no. 211 (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), little head.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 15 August 2004 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 January 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Krammer mistakenly included "pl. 148: figs 4, 7", as these figures are labelled "Encyonopsis minuta" on the plate. - (26 May 2021) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Krammer (p. 91) synonymized %u201CCymbella microcephala Grunow in van Heurck Syn. Texte (1880-1885), p. 63 pro parte" as the formae minores and f. major were are supposed by Krammer to belong to different species. - (26 May 2021) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 March 2025