Schizonema pygmaeum (Kützing) Kuntze 1898
Publication Details
Schizonema pygmaeum (Kützing) Kuntze 1898: 554
Published in: Kuntze, O. (1898). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 3(3) pp. 1-576. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.
Request PDFPublication date: 28 September 1898
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 Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle & D.G.Mann.
Source of Synonymy
Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. & Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms. Biology and morphology of the genera. pp. [i-ix], 1-747. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Basionym
Navicula pygmaea Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: France: Calvados; (INA 1996) Lectotype: BM; 77887 (Poulin & Hamilton 2021: 113) Notes: Collected by Brébisson from oyster bed (INA). Iconotype: specimen illustrated in Simonsen (1975, fig. 2a, b) (Poulin & Hamilton. 2021: 113).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pygmy, dwarf (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 18 February 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 03 February 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024
