Amphitetras antediluviana Ehrenberg 1840

Publication Details
Amphitetras antediluviana Ehrenberg 1840: 62 [142 in journal, 1841]

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1840). Über noch zahlreich jetzt lebende Thierarten der Kreidebildung und den Organismus der Polythalamien Preprint of Abhandlung der Könglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin aus dem Jahre 1839 [1841] with different pagination. pp. 1-94, 4 pls. Berlin.

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Amphitetras.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: "lebend bei der Insel Tjörn am Cattegat" [alive, marine coastal locality at the Isle Tjörn, SW Sweden]."; (Jahn & Kusber 2006: 529) Notes: Lectotype: (designated by 2006: 529): preparation No. 540014-5 in BHUPM (Fig. 1-3). Further original material. – Preparations No. 540014-1, 540014-2 (Fig. 4), 540014-6 and drawing sheets 100 (left hand side) and 101 from Tjörn in BHUPM."

Fossil
Described as a fossil, but extant.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 October 2002 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 26 November 2024

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024

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