Melosira dendroteres (Ehrenberg) R.Ross 1947
Publication Details
Melosira dendroteres (Ehrenberg) R.Ross 1947: 181
Published in: Ross, R. (1947). Freshwater Diatomeae (Bacillariophyta). In: Botany of the Canadian Eastern Arctic. Pt. II: Thallophyta and Bryophyta (Polunin, N. ed.). National Museum of Canada Bulletin 97: 178-233, 3 pl..
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melosira is Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Orthoseira dendroteres (Ehrenberg) Genkal & Kulikovskiy.
Basionym
Liparogyra dendroteres Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: Venezuela, tropical rainforest of La Guayra, on roots of Lomaria lineata [a fern]; (Ehrenberg 1848: 219) Lectotype (designated by whom?): B; Stripe 190203, Case 19, Box 2B Ehrenberg Coll. (Houk & al. 2017: 31)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 September 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024