Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 1838
Current name:
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; pond, 1000x, DIC - 26 October 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 1838: 194, no fig.
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Atlas von Vier und Sechzig Kupfertafeln ze Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg über Infusionsthierchen. pp. pls I-LXIV. Leipzig: Verlag von Leopold Voss.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cocconeis is Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: near Berlin; (INA 1996) Notes: Epitype (Jahn et al., 2020 citing Jahn et al. 2009).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 March 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024
