Encyonema pediculus (Kützing) H.Peragallo 1889
Publication Details
Encyonema pediculus (Kützing) H.Peragallo 1889: 242
Published in: Pelletan, J. (1889). Les Diatomées. Histoire naturelle, préparation, classification et description des principales espèces. Part II. Journal de Micrographie 1889: [i]-viii, [1]-364, pls 6-10, figs 266-463.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Encyonema is Encyonema paradoxum Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow.
Basionym
Cymbella pediculus Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Italy; France; Germany; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), dimunitive of louse (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 16 January 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 22 March 2013
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 March 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
