Rhoicosphenia flexa Giffen 1970
Publication Details
Rhoicosphenia flexa Giffen 1970: 96, figs 55-58
Published in: Giffen, M.H. (1970). New and interesting marine and littoral diatoms from Sea Point, near Cape Town, South Africa. Botanica Marina 13(2): 87-99.
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: Sea Point, near Cape Town, South Africa; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: marine; Giffen Collection, Fort Hare, C.P.; slide no. 591 (Index Nominum Algarum)
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
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 07 May 2024
