Melosira sol (Ehrenberg) Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Melosira sol (Ehrenberg) Kützing 1849: 31
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
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 Ellerbeckia sol (Ehrenberg) R.M.Crawford & P.A.Sims.
Source of Synonymy
Scott, F.J. & Thomas, D.P. (2005). Diatoms. In: Antarctic marine protists. (Scott, F.J. & Marchant, H.J. Eds), pp. 13-201. Canberra & Hobart: Australian Biological Resources Study; Australian Antarctic Division.
Basionym
Gaillonella sol Ehrenberg
Type Information
Antarctica. Meeresgrund, 190 fathoms, 78-10 S, 162; Meeresgrund in Gulf of Erebus and Terror, 207 fathoms, 63-40S, 55W. Ibid, 270 fathoms.;
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), the sun (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 June 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 June 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 November 2024
