Epithemia asymmetrica (O.Müller) Cocqyut & R.Jahn 2018
Publication Details
Epithemia asymmetrica (O.Müller) Cocqyut & R.Jahn 2018: 42, figs 9-14
Published in: Cocquyt, C., Kusber, W.-H. & Jahn, R. (2018). Epithemia hirudiniformis and related taxa within the subgenus Rhopalodiella subg. nov. in comparison to Epithemia subg. Rhpalodia stat nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from East Africa. Cryptogamie Algologie 39(1): 35-62.
Publication date: 2018
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Epithemia is Epithemia turgida (Ehrenberg) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Rhopalodia asymmetrica O.Müller
Type Information
Type locality: Central Africa: Victoria Nyansa bei Bukoba; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: [Icon] Pl. 2 fig. 12 in Müller 1895: slide B 40 0042021 in B; valve representing the epitype illustrated as Figs 11-13 (epitype) (Cocquyt et al. 2018: 42, fig. 9) Notes: Locality of the epitype: Lake Malawi, near peninsula of Kanda [Tanzania], hillside North of Langenburg [Old Langenburg], (sample B 52 0000023). Habitat: on gneiss boulders in the surge zone of Lake Malawi.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 15 March 2018 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 March 2018
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 March 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
