Licmosphenia clevei Mereschkowsky 1902
Publication Details
Licmosphenia clevei Mereschkowsky 1902: 178, fig. 1
Published in: Mereschkowsky, C. (1902). Sur un nouveau genre de Diatomée. Note preliminaire. Nuova Notarisia 13: 177-183.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Licmosphenia.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Licmophora clevei (Mereschkowsky) Car & Herwig.
Source of Synonymy
Lobban, C.S., Ashworth, M.P., Car, A., Herwig, W., & Ulanova, A. (2015). Licmosphenia revisited: transfer to Licmophora, redescription of L. clevei Mereschkowsky and description of three new species. Diatom Research 30(3): 227-236.
Type Information
Type locality: Mediterranean: Villefranche; (INA 1996) Epitype: see below (epitype) BRM; (Lobban et al. 2015: 230, fig. 2) Notes: the imaged specimen (fig. 2), at 12.3 mm E and 8.1 mm S of the upper left corner of the cover glass on slide BRM ZU9/69; Bay of Stari Grad, Hvar Island, Croatia (43°10'54" N, 16°35'00" E), sample 156, Padina pavonica, collected by Ana Car, 5 Sep. 2009.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (singular possessive) (Latin), named for a person with the surname Cleve; for algae (particularly diatoms) generally, either Per Theodor Cleve (1840-1905) or Astrid Maria Cleve (1875-1968).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 September 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 October 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 November 2024
