Epithemia argus var. quinquecostata (Rabenhorst) Mayer 1936
Publication Details
Epithemia argus var. quinquecostata (Rabenhorst) Mayer 1936: 100; pl. 5, fig. 9-11,14
Published in: Mayer, A. (1936). Die bayerischen Epithemien. Denkschriften der Königlich-Baierischen Botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg 20: 87-108, 8 pl.
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 Rhopalodia musculus var. quinquecostata (Rabenhorst) M.Peragallo.
Basionym
Epithemia quinquecostata Rabenhorst
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: 12 January 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 12 January 2018
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024