Dimeregramma mutabile (W.Smith) Ralfs 1861
Publication Details
Dimeregramma mutabile (W.Smith) Ralfs 1861: 790
Published in: Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L.; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-968, 40 pls [I-XV]. London: Whittaker and Co..
Request PDFPublication date: 1861
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Dimeregramma is Dimeregramma minus (W.Gregory) Ralfs .
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Staurosirella mutabilis (W.Smith) E.Morales & Van de Vijver.
Source of Synonymy
Morales, E.A, Wetzel, C.E, Van de Vijver, B. & Ector, L. (2015). Morphological studies on type material of widely cited araphid diatoms (Bacillariophyta). Phycologia 54(5): 455-470.
Basionym
Odontidium mutabile W.Smith
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Fresh water: frequent. Plumpton, Sussex, March 1852. Near Lewes, April, June, and Nov. 1853, W. Sm. Peterhead and Lough Mourne Deposits. Raasay Earth, &c."; (Smith 1856: 17) Lectotype (Plumpton, Sussex [England]; designated by Van de Vijver & al. 2022: 2): not given; March 1852; BR; slide BR-4687 (Van de Vijver & al. 2022: 2) Notes: Syntype material in BR (Morales et al., 2015: figs 20-47).
Origin of Species Name
, variable
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 12 February 2011 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 20 November 2015
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 November 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 December 2024
