Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt 1899
Current name:
Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt
Scanning electron micrograph of the silica cell wall. The raphe is composed of the two slits that run along the apical axis of the cell. The cell secretes mucopolysaccarides through the raphe .Public domain
Publication Details
Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt 1899: pl. 214: figs 7-10
Published in: Schmidt, A.[W.F.] (1899). Atlas der Diatomaceen-kunde. Series V: Heft 54 . pp. pls 213-216 [M. Schmidt]. Leipzig: O.R. Reisland .
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Didymosphenia.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Echinella geminata Lyngbye
Type Information
in ins. Faer. ad saxa rivulorum subalpest. prope Argehospital et rupem Skielling [Faroe Islands]; (Lyngbye 1819: 219)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 January 2024
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
