Eunotia major (W.Smith) Rabenhorst 1864

Publication Details
Eunotia major (W.Smith) Rabenhorst 1864: 72 (as 'majus')

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.

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Publication date: Mar-Mai 1864

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Eunotia is Eunotia arcus Ehrenberg.

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

Basionym
Himantidium majus W.Smith

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Fresh water. Gap of Dunloe, Killarney [Ireland], July 1855, W. Smith, Forfarshire [Scotland], Dr. Dickie. Braemar [Scotland], Dr. Balfour, Aug. 1854."; (Smith 1856: 14) Lectotype (Gap of Dunloe; designated by Jüttner & Van de Vijver 2022: 3): W. Smith; July 22, 1855; freshwater; BR; BR-4725 (represented by Fig. 24), slide (Jüttner & Van de Vijver 2022: 8)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), great.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 20 July 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 July 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 December 2024

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