Clevamphora ovalis var. libyca (Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky 1906
Publication Details
Clevamphora ovalis var. libyca (Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky 1906: 25
Published in: Mereschkowsky, K.S. (1906). Diatomovyia vodorosli Tibeta [Diatomées du Tibet]. In: Mongolia i Kam Trudy ekspeditsii Imperatorskago russkago geograficheskago obshchestva, sovershennoiv 1899-1901. Vol. VII. (Kozlova, P.K. Eds), pp. 1-40. St. Petersburg: Imprimerie de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. [in Russian and French]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Clevamphora is Clevamphora ovalis (Kützing) Mereschkowsky.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Amphora libyca Ehrenberg.
Basionym
Amphora libyca Ehrenberg
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), oval, elliptical, i.e., broadest at the middle, the sides curved and length:breadth generally 2:1 (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 22 March 2013 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 19 September 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 September 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2025