Melosira distans f. lirata (Ehrenberg) Skabichevskij 1904

Publication Details
Melosira distans f. lirata (Ehrenberg) Skabichevskij 1904: 123, fig. 10

Published in: Skabichevskij, A.P. (1960). Planktonnye diatomovye vodorosli presnykh vod SSSR [Planctonic diatoms of the freshwaters of the USSR: systematics, ecology and distribution]. pp. 348, 127 figures. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Moskovskogo Universiteta.

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Publication date: 1960

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melosira is Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aulacoseira lirata (Ehrenberg) R.Ross.

Basionym
Gaillonella lirata Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: U.S.A.: "Maine B"; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Gallionella lirata.

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), distant (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 December 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 26 September 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024

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