Epithemia argus var. quinquecostata (Rabenhorst) Mayer 1936

Publication Details
Epithemia argus var. quinquecostata (Rabenhorst) Mayer 1936: 100; pl. 5, fig. 9-11,14

Published in: Mayer, A. (1936). Die bayerischen Epithemien. Denkschriften der Königlich-Baierischen Botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg 20: 87-108, 8 pl.

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 Rhopalodia musculus var. quinquecostata (Rabenhorst) M.Peragallo.

Basionym
Epithemia quinquecostata Rabenhorst

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latinised), Latinised form of the Greek, argos, white; the hundred-eyed keeper of Io, killed by Mercury at the command of Jupiter (Smith & Lockwood 1933).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 12 January 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 12 January 2018

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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