Melosira punctata var. granulata (Ehrenberg) Cleve & Möller 1879

Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen

Current name: Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen
Manitoba, Canada; Lugol's, 1000x, DIC, Hedy Kling Algal Taxonomy and Ecology Inc. - 03 September 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Melosira punctata var. granulata (Ehrenberg) Cleve & Möller 1879: No. 22

Published in: Cleve, P.T. & Möller, J.D. (1879). Diatoms. Part V, No. 217-276. . Upsala: Esatas Edquists Boktrykeri.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melosira is Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen.

Basionym
Gaillonella granulata Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: Brazil ? Newfoundland; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dotted, marked with dots, spots, minute glands, etc. (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 27 October 2008 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 02 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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