Diadesmis paracontenta Lange-Bertalot & Werum 1999
Publication Details
Diadesmis paracontenta Lange-Bertalot & Werum 1999: 41, pl. 21, fig. 205
Published in: Lange-Bertalot, H. & Genkal, S.I. (1999). Diatoms from Siberia I - Islands in the Arctic Ocean (Yugorsky-Shar Strait) Diatomeen aus Siberien. I. Insel im Arktischen Ozean (Yugorsky-Shar Strait). Iconographia Diatomologica 6: 1-271, 941 figs in 77 pls; "2nd corrected printing".
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Diadesmis is Diadesmis confervacea Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Humidophila paracontenta (Lange-Bertalot & Werum) Lowe, Kociolek, Johansen, Van de Vijver, Lange-Bertalot & Kopalová.
Source of Synonymy
Lowe, R.L., Kociolek, P., Johansen, J.R., Van de Vijver, B., Lange-Bertalot, H. & Kopalová, K. (2014). Humidophila gen. nov., a new genus for a group of diatoms (Bacillariophyta) formerly within the genus Diadesmis: species from Hawai'i, including one new species. Diatom Research 29(4): 351-360, 36 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Russia: N.W. Siberia: Mestnyi Island near Yugorskij Peninsula; (INA 1996) Type: N.V. Vekhov; 8.ix.1995; Bot. Inst. Univ. Frankfurt a. M.; Coll. Lange-Bertalot RUS-30 (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 October 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024
