Diadesmis subantarctica Le Cohu & Van de Vijver 2002

Publication Details
Diadesmis subantarctica Le Cohu & Van de Vijver 2002: 128, pl. IV: figs 54-56

Published in: Le Cohu, R. & Van de Vivier, B. (2002). Le genre Diadesmis (Bacillariophyta) dans les archipels de Crozet et de Kerguelen avec la description de cinq espèces nouvelles. Annales de Limnologie 38: 119-132, 67 figs.

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Publication date: 2002

Type Species
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 subantarctica (Le Cohu & Van de Vijver) Lowe, Kociolek, J.R.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: Kerguelen: Gauss Peninsula: Korrigans Lake; (INA 1996) Type: CESAC; coll. Le Cohu, prep. Kerguelen-Korrigans 41 (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 30 June 2005 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 February 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024

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