Cymbella ovalis (Kützing) Brébisson & Godey 1835

Publication Details
Cymbella ovalis (Kützing) Brébisson & Godey 1835: 50

Published in: Brébisson, L.A. de & Godey, L.L. (1835 '1836'). Algues des environs de Falaise, décrites et dessinées par MM. de Brébisson et Godey. Mémoires de la Société Académique des Sciences, Artes et Belles-Lettres de Falaise 1835: 1-62, 256-269 [corrections], pls I-VIII.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cymbella is Cymbella cymbiformis C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing.

Basionym
Frustulia ovalis Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: bei Weisenfels; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), oval, elliptical, i.e., broadest at the middle, the sides curved and length:breadth generally 2:1 (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 December 2023

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024

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