Epithemia argus var. goeppertiana (Hilse) Hilse 1861
Publication Details
Epithemia argus var. goeppertiana (Hilse) Hilse 1861: no. 1021
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Epithemia is Epithemia turgida (Ehrenberg) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Epithemia goeppertiana Hilse.
Basionym
Epithemia goeppertiana Hilse
Type Information
Type locality: "In Menge in den Mergelgruben von Peterwitz bei Strehlen. Konmmt auch bei Warkotsch vor. Gesamrnelt im Mai und Juni 1860. Rab. Dec. 103 und 104 Nr. 1021."; (Hilse 1861: 79)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latinised), Latinised form of the Greek, argos, white; the hundred-eyed keeper of Io, killed by Mercury at the command of Jupiter (Smith & Lockwood 1933).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 January 2016
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 January 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
