Echinella geminata Lyngbye, nom. inval. 1819

Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt

Current name: Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt
Scanning electron micrograph of the silica cell wall. The raphe is composed of the two slits that run along the apical axis of the cell. The cell secretes mucopolysaccarides through the raphe .Public domain

Publication Details
Echinella geminata Lyngbye, nom. inval. 1819: 219, pl. 70, D

Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Echinella is Echinella radiosa Acharius.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt.

Type Information
in ins. Faer. ad saxa rivulorum subalpest. prope Argehospital et rupem Skielling [Faroe Islands]; (Lyngbye 1819: 219)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 07 July 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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