Pyxidicula operculata (C.Agardh) Ehrenberg 1838
Publication Details
Pyxidicula operculata (C.Agardh) Ehrenberg 1838: 165
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. pp. i-xviii, [1-4], 1-[548], 64 pls. Leipzig: Verlag von Leopold Voss.
Request PDFPublication date: Jul-Aug 1838 (p. xviii: Jul 1838)
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Pyxidicula.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Epithemia operculata (C.Agardh) Ruck & Nakov.
Source of Synonymy
Ruck, E.C., Nakov, T., Alverson, A.J. & Theriot, E.C. (2016). Nomenclatural transfers associated with the phylogenetic reclassification of the Surirellales and Rhopalodiales. Notulae Algarum 10: 1-4.
Basionym
Frustulia operculata C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Carlsbad, ad rupes..."; (Agardh 1827: 627)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 October 2016
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
