Cocconeis atmosphaerica Ehrenberg 1849
Publication Details
Cocconeis atmosphaerica Ehrenberg 1849: 287, 455, pl. 5 (part II): fig. 45
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1849). Passatstaub und Blutregen. Ein Grofses organisches unsichtbares Wirken und Leben in der Atmosphäre. Abhanlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1847: 269-460, 6 pl.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cocconeis is Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Diploneis atmosphaerica (Ehrenberg) R.Jahn & Kusber.
Type Information
Type locality: France: Lyon; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype (fide Jahn & Kusber 2004): 17.x.1846; atmospheric dust; BHUPM; specimen on preparation No. 460412-b shite (Index Nominum Algarum)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 January 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
