Vanheurckia rhomboides (Ehrenberg) Brébisson 1869
Current name:
Frustulia rhomboides (Ehrenberg) De Toni
Seattle, Washington, USA; ship canal, 1000x, DIC - 19 March 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Vanheurckia rhomboides (Ehrenberg) Brébisson 1869: 204
Published in: Brébisson A. de (1869). Extrait d'un essai monographique sur les Vanheurckia, nouveau genre appartenant à la tribu des Diatomacées Naviculées. Annales de la Société Phytologique et Micrographique de Belgique 1: 201-206, 1 pl.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Vanheurckia is Vanheurckia lewisiana (Greville) Brébisson.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Frustulia rhomboides (Ehrenberg) De Toni.
Basionym
Navicula rhomboides Ehrenberg
Type Information
Real del Monte, Mexico; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), a rhomboid.
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 July 2011
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 July 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 December 2024
