Gyrosigma fasciola var. prolongatum (W.Smith) Proshkina-Lavrenko 1950

Publication Details
Gyrosigma fasciola var. prolongatum (W.Smith) Proshkina-Lavrenko 1950: 249

Published in: Proshkina-Lavrenko, A.I. (Ed.) (1950). Diatomovyi Analiz. Opredelitel' iskopaemykh i sovremennykh diatomikh vodorosleyi. Poryadok Pennales [Diatom Analysis. Manual for identification of fossil and modern diatoms. Order Pennales]. Vol. 3 pp. 398, 117 plates. Moscow & Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoye Izdatel'stvo Geologicheskoy Literatury. [in Russian]

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Publication date: 1950

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gyrosigma is Gyrosigma hippocampus Hassall.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gyrosigma prolongatum (W.Smith) J.W.Griffith & Henfrey.

Basionym
Pleurosigma prolongatum W.Smith

Type Information
Type locality: England: Dorset: Poole Bay; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: W. Smith; x.1849; BM; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), tape, little bandage.

Created: 27 January 2006 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 07 December 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024

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