Homoeocladia sigma (Kützing) Kuntze 1898

Publication Details
Homoeocladia sigma (Kützing) Kuntze 1898: 409

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1898). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 3(3) pp. 1-576. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

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Publication date: 28 September 1898

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Homoeocladia is Homoeocladia martiana C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nitzschia sigma (Kützing) W.Smith.

Source of Synonymy
Smith, W. (1853). A synopsis of the British Diatomaceae; with remarks on their structure, function and distribution; and instructions for collecting and preserving specimens. The plates by Tuffen West. In two volumes. Vol. I. pp. [i]-xxxiii, 1-89, pls I-XXXI. London: John van Voorst, Paternoster Row.

Basionym
Synedra sigma Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: "...aus der Ostsee bei Hofmannsgave" [Denmark]; (Kützing 1844) Lectotype (designated by Lange-Bertalor & Van de Vijver 2022: Kützing (1844) Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen, plate 30, figure 14): (Lange-Bertalot & Van de Vijver 2022: [2]) Notes: Epitype (designated by Lange-Bertalor & Van de Vijver 2022): BR-4764, Courseulles, Calvados, France (de Brébisson sample #133), Figure 1D illustrates the epitype.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 June 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 11 February 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 January 2025

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