Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt 1972

Publication Details
Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt 1972: 89, fig. 51

Published in: Reinhardt, P. (1972). Coccolithen. Kalkiges Plankton seit Jahrmillionen. Die neue Brehm Bücheri Vol. 453. pp. 1-99, 188 figures. Wittenberg Lutherstadt: A. Ziemsen Verlag.

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Publication date: 1972

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gephyrocapsa is Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner.

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

Basionym
Pontosphaera huxleyi Lohmann

Type Information
Type locality: "Vor Syracus. Oktober bis Mai" [Off Syracuse, Ionian coast of Sicily, Italy; May to October]; (Lohmann 1902: 130) Lectotype (designated by Archontikis & al. 2023: 1, icon: Lohmann (1902: pl. 4: figs 1–9): (Archontikis & al. 2023: 1) Notes: Epitype (designated by Archontikis & al. 2023: 2 for their lectotype): Metabolically inactivated strain RCC1853 (collected from the Ionian Sea) cryopreserved at the Roscoff Culture Collection (RCC; https://roscoff-culture-collection.org).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 June 2005 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 November 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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