Chaetoceros borealis var. densus Cleve

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Subphylum Bacillariophytina
Class Mediophyceae
Subclass Chaetocerotophycidae
Order Chaetocerotales
Family Chaetocerotaceae
Genus Chaetoceros

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Chaetoceros densus (Cleve) Cleve Ireland
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Publication details
Chaetoceros borealis var. densus Cleve 1897: 20, pl. 1: figs 3, 4

Published in: Cleve, P.T. (1897). A treatise on the phytoplankton of the Atlantic and its tributaries and on the periodical change of the plankton of Skagerak. pp. 1-28. Upsala: Upsala Nya Tidnings Aktiebolags Tryckeri.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chaetoceros is Chaetoceros tetrachaeta Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chaetoceros densus (Cleve) Cleve

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), north, northern (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Atlantic Ocean: Faro, Spitsbergen, Plymouth, German Ocea (Silva 1996-to date).

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Source of current name
Cleve, P.T. (1899). Plankton-Researches in 1897. Kongliga Svenska-Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 32(7): 1-33.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 25 April 2014 by Wendy Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 February 2019.