Campylodiscus hibernicus Ehrenberg 1845
Current name:
Iconella hibernica (Ehrenberg) Ruck & Nakov
Black Mountains South Wales. Collected by Gareth Farr and Jonathan Graham - 15 February 2015. C.F. Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com
Publication Details
Campylodiscus hibernicus Ehrenberg 1845: 154, no fig.
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1845). Vorläufige zweite Mittheilung über die weitere Erkenntnifs der Beziehungen des kleinsten organischen Lebens zu den vulkanischen Massen der Erde. I. Über die vulkanischen Infusorien-Tuffe (Pyrobiolithen) am Rhein. II. Über einen bedeutenden Infusiorien haltenden vulkanischen Aschen-Tuff (Pyrobiolith) auf der Insel Ascension. III. Über einen See-Infusioren haltenden weissen vulkanische Aschen-Tuff (Pyrobiolith) als sehr grosse Gebirgsmasse in Patagonien. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1845: 133-157.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Campylodiscus is Campylodiscus clypeus (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg ex Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Iconella hibernica (Ehrenberg) Ruck & Nakov.
Source of Synonymy
Ruck, E.C., Nakov, T., Alverson, A.J. & Theriot, E.C. (2016). Nomenclatural transfers associated with the phylogenetic reclassification of the Surirellales and Rhopalodiales. Notulae Algarum 10: 1-4.
Type Information
Type locality: "ex Irlandia Angliae" [Ireland, no precise locality or collector]; (Ehrenberg 1845: 154) Notes: "Cfr. Monatsbericht 1842. p. 337."
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), Ireland (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 August 2021
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Taxonomic note
Nomen in Ver. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1842: 337. 1843 [INA] - (09 October 2016) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025
