Gyrosigma balticum (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst 1853
Publication Details
Gyrosigma balticum (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst 1853: 47, pl. 5: fig. 6
Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1853). Die Süsswasser-Diatomaceen (Bacillarien.): für Freunde der Mikroskopie. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-72, 10 plates [I–X]. Leipzig: Eduard Kummer.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Gyrosigma is Gyrosigma hippocampus Hassall.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Navicula baltica Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Baltic Sea [Kiel]; (INA 1996) Type: Ehrenberg; 23.x.1832; (INA 1996) Notes: Designated neotypes: Texel, Schorren Nature Reserve, 21-IX-1989 (Sterrenburg no. 280). Neotype BM 81615, isoneotypes deposited in ANSP, BRM (Sterrenburg, 1995: 402).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to the Baltic Sea.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Extended species description (Sterrenberg, 1995: 402).
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2022
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Nomenclatural note
Several authors, including Kim et al. (2004: 316), cite the authority for this species as (Ehrenberg) Cleve. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
"Gyrosigma sterrenburgii Stidolph (Stidolph, 1992; Sterrenburg, 1995) is a simulacrum species, differing only in some ultrastructural details and we cannot distinguish them on the basis of LM." (Park & al. 2022: [15]). - (17 June 2022) - M.D. Guiry
Distributional note
Materials examined: Baltic, West-European continental North Sea coasts, Great Britain, Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Caribbean islands, Spain, New Zealand, Arabian Gulf, Brazil, Argentina, and fossil material from The Netherlands (Sterrenburg, 1995: 402). - (31 July 2019) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 March 2025
