Amphiprora Ehrenberg, 1843
Lectotype species: Amphiprora constricta Ehrenberg
Publication details: Ehrenberg, 1843: 401
Original publication: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 291-445 + [1, Berichtigungen], + 4 pls.
Request PDFType designated 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.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2019-08-09 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Hustedt, F. (1930). Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae) Zweite Auflage. In: Die Süsswasser-Flora Mitteleuropas. Heft 10. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. [i]–viii, [1]–466. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer.
Comments: Scott & Thomas (2005: 133) record this genus as a member of the Family Entomoneidaceae.
Nomenclatural note
Shenzhen Code "Art. 45 Ex. 1. "Amphiprora Ehrenb. (in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1841: 401, t. II(VI), fig. 28. 1843), available1 under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature as the name of a genus of animals, was first treated as belonging to the algae by Kützing (Kieselschal. Bacill.: 107. 1844). Under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, Amphiprora is validly published and dates from 1843, not 1844." - (09 August 2019) - M.D. Guiry
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