Sellaphora barae B.van de Vijver & E.J.Cox 2013
Publication Details
Sellaphora barae B.van de Vijver & E.J.Cox 2013: 40, 42, figs 41-57
Published in: Van de Vijver, B. & E.J. Cox (2013). New and interesting small-celled naviculoid diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) from a lava tube cave on Île Amsterdam (TAAF, southern Island Ocean). Cryptogamie, Algologie 34(1): 37-47, 57 figs.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Sellaphora is Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Mereschkovsky.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Grand Tunnel, Ile Amsterdam, Terres Australes, Antartiques Francaises (TAAF); (Van de Vijver & Cox 2013: 41) Holotype : B, Van de Vijver (TAAF sample AMS-W033); 04/12/2007; bottom of a small, shallow pool, at the end of a small lava cavern, sparsely illuminated and vegetated by mosses, liverworts and small ferns; pH: 5.8; BR; slide no BR-4269 (Van de Vijver & Cox 2013: 41, 43, 44) Notes: Isotypes: slide PLP-213 in University of Antwerp, Belgium; slide ZU8/59 in BRM .
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 17 November 2013 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 12 August 2014
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 August 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 July 2024
