Nitzschia contorta Mereschkowsky 1901

Publication Details
Nitzschia contorta Mereschkowsky 1901: 496

Published in: Mereschkowsky, C. (1901). Corrigenda to my papers, Note on Diatoms from Chincha Guano and List of California Diatoms. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 8: 494-496.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitzschia is Nitzschia elongata Hassal.

Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), contorted, literally, ‘powerful, vehement, involved’. (Stearn 1973).

Created: 12 June 2019 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 12 June 2019

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 June 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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