Synedra pulchella var. saxonica (Kützing) Van Heurck 1881
Publication Details
Synedra pulchella var. saxonica (Kützing) Van Heurck 1881: expl. pl. XLI [41]: fig. 3
Published in: Van Heurck, H. (1881). Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique Atlas. pp. pls XXXI-LXXVII [31-77]. Anvers: Ducaju et Cie.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Synedra is Synedra balthica Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ctenophora saxonica (Kützing) D.M.Williams & Van de Vijver.
Basionym
Synedra saxonica Kützing
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Im salzigen See [Salzsee] bei Eisleben an Cladophora flavescens! im Flensburger Meerbusen an Ectocarpus: Binder!”; (Kützing 1844: 69) Lectotype (Salzsee near Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; designated by Williams & Van de Vijver 2023: 9): BM; 18344 (Williams & Van de Vijver 2023: 9) Notes: BM 18344!, https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/44e566fe-37b5-45b6-8e47-9da9a9e79d08, “Salzsee” (‘Kützing 166’, see Fig. 34, specimens Figs 35–8), “Salzee | Kützing”, see https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/24051470-3546-4bb4-b01d-c5262e934f85,
lectotype designated here.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), beautiful and little (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 03 December 2018 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 December 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024