Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin 1964

Publication Details
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin 1964: 289, pl. 124: figs 1-4; pl. 125: figs 1-4

Published in: Reimann, B.E.F. & Lewin, J.C. (1964). The diatom genus Cylindrotheca Rabenhorst. Journal of the Royal Microcopical Society, Series 3 83(3): 283-296.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cylindrotheca is Cylindrotheca gerstenbergeri Rabenhorst.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Ceratoneis closterium Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: North Sea, near Cuxhaven, Germany (53 5200N, 008 42 00E); (INA 1996) Lectotype: [21 Sept. 1839]; water of the rising tide; BHUPM: Ehrenberg Collection; Taxonomical Preparation 540032-3 (Jahn & Kusber 2005: 297, fig. 5) Notes: Germany: Cuxhaven; Wismar (INA).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 July 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Margaret Harper (pers. comm. 12 April 2016) writes: "For Nitzschia closterium (a raphid diatom) AlgaeBase gives the currently accepted name as Ceratoneis closterium Ehrenberg which is also its Basionym. Ceratoneis as a generic name has been used far more often over the last 100 years in many floras for Ceratoneis arcus an araphid diatom currently accepted as Hannaea arcus. However Jahn & Kusber 2005 resurrected the name Ceratoneis closterium based on type material (Diatom Research 20 295-304) for this raphid diatom. Later Medlin & Mann 2007 (Taxon 56, 953-955) proposed conserving the name Cylindrotheca closterium rather than adopting the confusing name Ceratoneis closterium. I can understand why you have currently accepted Ceratoneis closterium, but think it needs an explanatory note and that the alternative synonym Cylindrotheca closterium could be usefully included in the entry for Nitzschia closterium." - (06 December 2018) - M.D. Guiry

Usage note
Harmful species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025

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