Epithemia zebra var. porcellus (Kützing) Grunow 1862
Publication Details
Epithemia zebra var. porcellus (Kützing) Grunow 1862: 328, pl. 3: figs 3, 4
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. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 315-472 [Abt 1], 545-588 [Abt. 2], 7 pls.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Epithemia is Epithemia turgida (Ehrenberg) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Epithemia porcellus Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Vishnyakov, V.S., M.S.Kulikovskiy, S.I.Genkal, N.I.Dorofeyuk, H.Lange-Bertalot & I.V.Kuznetsova (2014). Taxonomy and geographical distribution of the diatom genus Epithemia Kützing in water bodies of Central Asia. Inland Water Biology 7(4): 318-330, 6 fig.
Basionym
Epithemia porcellus Kützing
Origin of Species Name
Noun, Abyssinian name for a striped horse of Africa (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 December 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 October 2024