Rhoicosphenia tenuis Z.Levkov & T.Nakov 2008
Publication Details
Rhoicosphenia tenuis Z.Levkov & T.Nakov 2008: 379, figs 1-14, 30-49
Published in: Levkov, Z. & T.Nakov (2008). Rhoicosphenia tenuis, a new diatom species from the Lake Ohrid. Diatom Research 23(2): 377-388, 49 fig., 1 table.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhoicosphenia is Rhoicosphenia curvata (Kützing) Grunow.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Macedonia: Lake Ohrid: St. Naum Springs; (Index Nominum Algarum) Holotype: fig 7: 25.04.2003; macrophytes; BRM; ZU6/37 (Levkov & Nakov 2008: 379, fig. 7) Notes: Isotype: slide 000455 in DCIBS. Accession No. 000353.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, fine, slender (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 19 July 2014 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 30 August 2016
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 August 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024