Paralia arenaria (D.Moore) Moiseyeva 1986
Current name:
Ellerbeckia arenaria (D.Moore ex Ralfs) Dorofeyuk & Kulikovskiy
Girdle views, live. Black Mountains South Wales. Collected by Gareth Farr and Jonathan Graham - 16 January 2015. C.F. Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com
Publication Details
Paralia arenaria (D.Moore) Moiseyeva 1986: 70
Published in: Moiseyeva, A.I. (1986). Reviziya sistematicheskogo polozheniya presnovodnykh vidov roda Melosira Ag. S.L. (Bacillariophyta). In: . ( Eds) Aktual'nye voprosy sovremennoi paleoalgologii. Sbornik Nauchnykh Trudov. Akad. Nauk. SSSR, Inst. Geol. Nauk, Ukrainskoe Paleontol. Obsch. 70-73.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Paralia is Paralia marina (W.Smith) Heiberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ellerbeckia arenaria (D.Moore ex Ralfs) Dorofeyuk & Kulikovskiy.
Source of Synonymy
Crawford, R.M. (1988). A reconsideration of Melosira arenaria and M. teres resulting in a proposed new genus Ellerbeckia. In: Algae and the Aquatic Environment. (Round, F.E. Eds), pp. 413-433. Bristol: Biopress.
Basionym
Melosira arenaria D.Moore ex Ralfs
Type Information
Type locality: wet bank nr. Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland; (Ralfs 1843: 349) Lectotype (designated by Crawford 1988: 414): David Moore; BM ; slide 81496 (Crawford 1988: 414, figs 21, 22, 29, 53-56)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), in sandy places.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 03 November 2008 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 25 April 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 January 2025