Achnanthes cataractarum (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot & Krammer 1989
Publication Details
Achnanthes cataractarum (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot & Krammer 1989: 37
Published in: Lange-Bertalot, H. & Krammer, K. (1989). Achnanthes, eine Monographie der Gattung mit Definition der Gattung Cocconeis und Nachträgen zu den Naviculaceae. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 18: 1-393, 100 pls.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Achnanthes is Achnanthes adnata Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Psammothidium cataractarum (Hustedt) Kulikovskiy, Glushchenko & J.P.Kociolek.
Source of Synonymy
Kulikovskiy, M.S., Glushchenko, A.M., Genkal, S.I., Kuznetsova, I.V. & Kociolek, J.P. (2020). Platebaikalia a new monoraphid diatom genus from ancient Lake Baikal with comments on the genus Platessa. Fottea, Olomouc 20(1): 59-67, 33 fig., 1 table.
Basionym
Cocconeis cataractarum Hustedt
Type Information
Type locality: Java: Tjibeureum, TJ2 III.b (Simonsen, 1987); (Romero 2016: 65) Type: Simonsen 1987: pl. 315, figs 23-31, Slide M2/48: July 9th 1929; (Romero 2016: 65, table 1) Notes: Indonesia: W Java; S Sumatra (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), of the cataracts.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 April 2020
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025
