Sphinctocystis librilis (Ehrenberg) Hassal 1845

Publication Details
Sphinctocystis librilis (Ehrenberg) Hassal 1845: 436; pl. 102, fig. 3

Published in: Hassall, A.H. (1845). A history of the British freshwater algae, including descriptions of the Desmideae and Diatomaceae. With upwards of one hundred plates, illustrating the various species. Vol. I. pp. [i]-viii, [i]-462, [ i , err.]. London, Edinburgh, Paris & Leipzig: S. Highley, H. Baillière; Sunderland & Knox; J.B. Baillière; T.O. Weigel.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Sphinctocystis.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Surirella librile (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.

Basionym
Navicula librile Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: Berlin; (Ehrenberg 1832: 81) Lectotype: BHUPM; 1151c, d [Icon] (Jahn, Kusber & Cocquyt 2017: 78)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 29 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 June 2018

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 June 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024

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