Trigonium alternans (J.W.Bailey) A.Mann

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae
Superorder Biddulphianae
Order Biddulphiales
Family Biddulphiaceae
Genus Trigonium

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Publication details
Trigonium alternans (J.W.Bailey) A.Mann 1907: 290

Original publication: Mann, A. (1907). Report on the diatoms of the Albatross voyages in the Pacific Ocean, 1888-1904. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 10(5): 221-419.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Trigonium is Trigonium arcticum (Brightwell) Cleve.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Triceratium alternans J.W.Bailey

Origin of species name
Participle B (Latin), alternating (Stearn 1992).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Triceratium alternans J.W.Bailey 1851
Biddulphia alternans (J.W.Bailey) Van Heurck 1885

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Triceratium alternans J.W.Bailey)
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011).

(as Biddulphia alternans (J.W.Bailey) Van Heurck)
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).

Asia: Taiwan (Anon. 2012).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).

(as Trigonium alternans (J.W.Bailey) A.Mann)
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Trigonium&species=alternans

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Trigonium&Species=alternans

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 27 July 2012 by Robert Lavigne

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 498 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Hoban, M.A. (1983). Biddulphioid diatoms. II. The morphology and systematics of the Pseudocellate species, Biddulphia biddulphiana (Smith) Boyer, B. alternans (Bailey) Van Heurck, and Trigonium arcticum (Brighywell) Cleve. Botanica Marina 26: 271-284.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=39914

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Robert Lavigne in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:102911