Pleurosigma arcuatum Donkin 1858

Publication Details
Pleurosigma arcuatum Donkin 1858: 25, pl. III: fig. 10

Published in: Donkin, A.S. (1858). On the marine Diatomaceae of Northumberland with a description of eighteen new Species. Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London, Series 2 6: 12-34, pl. III.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleurosigma is Pleurosigma angulatum (J.T.Quekett) W.Smith.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gyrosigma arcuatum (Donkin) Sterrenburg.

Type Information
Type locality: England: Northumberland: Cresswell; (Donkin 1858: 25) Lectotype: July 1857; BM; 12071 (Jahn, Sterrenburg & Kusber 2005: 308) Notes:

Origin of Species Name
Participle A, curved, like a bow (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 July 2016

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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