Xanthidium ramosum Ehrenberg 1837

Publication Details
Xanthidium ramosum Ehrenberg 1837: 134, pl. 1: fig. 15 (as 'Xanthidium?')

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1837). Über das Massenverhältnis der jetzt lebenden Kiesel-Infusorien und über ein neues Infusorien-Conglomerat als Polirschiefer von Jastraba in Ungarn. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenchaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1836: 109-135, 1 folded table, 2 plates.

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Publication date: December 1837

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Xanthidium is Xanthidium aculeatum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spiniferites ramosus (Ehrenberg) Mantell.

Source of Synonymy
Balkis, N., Balci, M., Giannakourou, A., Venetsanopolou, A. & Mudie, P. (2016). Dinoflagellate resting cysts in recent marine sediments from the Gulf of Gemlik (Marmara Sea, Turkey) and seasonal harmful algal blooms. Phycologia 55(2): 187-209.

Type Information
Type locality: in den Feuersteinen der Kreide. (Delitzsch) bei Leipzig; (INA 1996)

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), branched, bearing branches (usually many) (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 September 2024

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 September 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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