Epithemia hellenica (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1861
Publication Details
Epithemia hellenica (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1861: 760 (as 'Hellenica')
Published in: Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L.; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-968, 40 pls [I-XV]. London: Whittaker and Co..
Publication date: 1861
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Epithemia is Epithemia turgida (Ehrenberg) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Eunotia hellenica Ehrenberg
Type Information
Lectotype locality: "'E Graeciae marga' [subfossil limnic sediments, Greece]."; (Jahn & Kusber 2006: 530) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Jahn & Kusber 2006: 530): "preparation No. 311101-a 'Griechenland 2.1.' in
BHUPM (Fig. 6); lectotype locality: “E Graeciae marga” [subfossil limnic sediments, Greece].... Further original material. – Part of drawing sheet No. 2326, depicted as t. 6 (part 2) fig. 17a, b in Ehrenberg (1854)."
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 August 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024