Diatoma hyemalis var. mesodon (Ehrenberg) Kirchner 1878

Publication Details
Diatoma hyemalis var. mesodon (Ehrenberg) Kirchner 1878: 204

Published in: Kirchner, O. (1878). Algen. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien. Part 1. (Cohn, F. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. i-iv [vii] 1-284. Breslau: J.U. Kern's Verlag (Max Müller).

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Diatoma is Diatoma vulgaris Bory.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Odontidium mesodon (Ehrenberg) Kützing.

Basionym
Fragilaria mesodon Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: inter Confervarum telam Fribergensem et e Fionia missa; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: papierartige terrestrische Gebilde (inter Confervarum Freiberg (Schwarzenberg) in Sachsen (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), pertaining to winter, also "hiemalis" (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 December 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024

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