Diatoma vulgaris var. mesodon (Ehrenberg) Grunow 1862

Publication Details
Diatoma vulgaris var. mesodon (Ehrenberg) Grunow 1862: 357

Published in: Grunow, A. (1862). Die österreichischen Diatomaceen nebst Anschluss einiger neuen Arten von andern Lokalitäten und einer kritischen Uebersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen und Arten. Erste Folge. Epithemieae, Meridioneae, Diatomeae, Entopyleae, Surirelleae, Amphipleureae. Zweite Folge. Familie Nitschiaea. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 315-472 [Abt 1], 545-588 [Abt. 2], 7 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Diatoma is Diatoma vulgaris Bory.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Odontidium mesodon (Ehrenberg) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

Basionym
Fragilaria mesodon Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: inter Confervarum telam Fribergensem et e Fionia missa; (INA 1996) Notes: papierartige terrestrische Gebilde (inter Confervarum Freiberg (Schwarzenberg) in Sachsen (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), common, general, ordinary (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 09 January 2006 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 23 December 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024

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