Vanheurckia rhomboides var. hitchcockii (Ehrenberg) Playfair 1913
Publication Details
Vanheurckia rhomboides var. hitchcockii (Ehrenberg) Playfair 1913: 534
Published in: Playfair, G.I. (1913). Plankton of the Sydney water-supply. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 512-552, 5 pls.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Vanheurckia is Vanheurckia lewisiana (Greville) Brébisson.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Neidium hitchcockii (Ehrenberg) Cleve.
Basionym
Navicula hitchcockii Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: USA: Massachusetts: Bridgewater; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: Ehrenberg Sample no. 1769, BHUPM ECO-102 fide Lefebvre & Hamilton, Phytotaxa 220(3), 2015: Prof. Hitchcock ; ca. 1842; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), a rhomboid.
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 14 September 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 December 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
