Amphora coffeiformis (C.Agardh) Kützing 1844
Publication Details
Amphora coffeiformis (C.Agardh) Kützing 1844: 108, pl. 5: fig. 37
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.
Request PDFPublication date: 7-9 Nov 1844
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphora is Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halamphora coffeiformis (C.Agardh) Mereschkowsky.
Source of Synonymy
Mereschkowsky, C. (1903). Tipy endokhroma u Diatomovykh [pp. 1-106]. Le types de l'endochrom chez les Diatomées [107-193]. Scripta Botanica (Botanisheskia Zapiski) 21: i-ii, 1-193.
Basionym
Frustulia coffeiformis C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Carlsbad in fluvio Tepl ad ripas." [Czech Republic: Carlsbad: Tepl river]; (Agardh 1827: 627)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Amphora sp. [cf. coffeaeformis] - rare or very rare on Delesseria lancifolia, Hymenocladiopsis crustigena, Pantoneura plocamioides, Phycodrys austrogeorgica and Plocamium cartilagineum, and very rare on Desmarestia anceps (Al-Handal & Wulff 2008).
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 January 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025
