Gomphonema geminatum (Lyngbye) C.Agardh 1824
Current name:
Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt
600x __Dim. 43 x 117 µm - 02 April 2011. Robert Lavigne. (MicroscopyView.com)
Publication Details
Gomphonema geminatum (Lyngbye) C.Agardh 1824: 12
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].
Request PDFPublication date: probably September 1824
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gomphonema is Gomphonema acuminatum Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt.
Basionym
Echinella geminata Lyngbye
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: 05 May 2016
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 May 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
