Fallacia litoricola (Hustedt) D.G.Mann 1990

Publication Details
Fallacia litoricola (Hustedt) D.G.Mann 1990: 668

Published in: Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. & Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms. Biology and morphology of the genera. pp. [i-ix], 1-747. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Fallacia is Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle & D.G.Mann.

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

Basionym
Navicula litoricola Hustedt

Type Information
Type locality: Beaufort, North Carolina; (Hustedt 1955: 24) Lectotype (designated by Simonsen 1987: 409): BRM; Ztl/lOO. Beaufort, N.C., U.S.A. Hafen. c. 29 (INA 1996: 409)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 October 2022

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Distributional note
Li et al. (2022: 456) cite North Carolina (type), coastal areas in Europe and South Africa. - (28 October 2022) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025