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Diploneis fusca (W.Gregory) Cleve

Publication details
Diploneis fusca (W.Gregory) Cleve 1894: 93

Original publication: Cleve, P.T. (1894). Synopsis of the naviculoid diatoms. Part I. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, series 4 26(2): 1-194, 5 pl.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Diploneis is Diploneis didyma (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Navicula smithii var. fusca Gregory

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), a sombre brown, but often used to indicate darkness of colour (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula smithii var. fusca Gregory 1857
Navicula fusca (Gregory) Ralfs 1861
Navicula fusca (Gregory) Peragallo 1897

General environment
This is a marine species.

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula fusca (Gregory) Ralfs)
North America: South Carolina (Plante et al. 2010).

(as Diploneis fusca (W.Gregory) Cleve)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Varela 1982).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012), Northern Territory (Day et al. 1995).

Key references
Hendey, N.I. (1974). A revised check-list of the British marine diatoms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 54: 277-300.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Diploneis&species=fusca

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Diploneis&Species=fusca

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 05 October 2011 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Droop, S.J.M., Mann, D.G. & Lokhorst, G.M. (2001 '2000'). Spatial and temporal stability of demes in Diploneis smithii/D. fusca (Bacillariophyta) supports a narrow species concept. Phycologia 39: 527-546.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:85969

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