Brachysira vitrea (Grunow) R.Ross 1986

Publication Details
Brachysira vitrea (Grunow) R.Ross 1986: 607

Published in: Hartley, B. [in collaboration with Ross, R. & Williams, D.M.] (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 66(3): 531-610.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Brachysira is Brachysira aponina Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Gomphonema vitreum Grunow

Type Information
Type locality: Erlafsee bei Mariazell [Mariazell, Styria, Austria]; (Grunow 1878: 110) Lectotype: historic slide made from grunow sample 36 (W0164896): Epitype: BR-4790, slide made from Hürlimann sample 2464 (Walensee near Quarten (Unterterzen), Switzerland): fig. 25 (epitype) W; (Van de Vijver & al. 2023: 284, fig. 6)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), of glass, glassy; i.e., transparent and greenish (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emend: Van de Vijver, Hürlimann & Kusber in Van de Vijver & al., 2023: 287-291.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 January 2024

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 December 2024

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