Melosira roeseana Rabenhorst 1853

Publication Details
Melosira roeseana Rabenhorst 1853: 13, pl. X [10], supplemente: fig. 5 (as 'Roeseana')

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1853). Die Süsswasser-Diatomaceen (Bacillarien.): für Freunde der Mikroskopie. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-72, 10 pls. Leipzig: Eduard Kummer.

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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 Orthoseira roeseana (Rabenhorst) Pfitzer.

Type Information
Type locality: "bei Schnepfenthal in Thüringen" [Thuringia, Germany]; (Rabenhorst 1853: 13) Lectotype (desingated by Kochman-Kedziora & al. 2023: 3): BR; BR-4781, slide prepared from Rabenhorst sample 383 (Kochman-Kedziora & al. 2023: 3)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 April 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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