Cystopleura argus var. longicornis (Ehrenberg) De Toni 1892
Publication Details
Cystopleura argus var. longicornis (Ehrenberg) De Toni 1892: 783
Published in: De Toni, G.B. (1892). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. II. Sylloge Bacillariearum. Sectio II. Pseudoraphideae. pp. [i-v], 491-817. Padova [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Publication date: 12 February 1892
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Epithemia argus var. longicornis (Ehrenberg) Grunow.
Source of Synonymy
Grunow, A. (1862). Die österreichischen Diatomaceen nebst Anschluss einiger neuen Arten von andern Lokalitäten und einer kritischen Uebersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen und Arten. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 315-472 [Abt 1], 545-588 [Abt. 2], 7 pls.
Basionym
Eunotia longicornis Ehrenberg
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latinised), Latinised form of the Greek, argos, white; the hundred-eyed keeper of Io, killed by Mercury at the command of Jupiter (Smith & Lockwood 1933).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 25 May 2013 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 01 August 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 October 2024