Aulacoseira spiralis (Ehrenberg) Houk & Klee 2007
Publication Details
Aulacoseira spiralis (Ehrenberg) Houk & Klee 2007: 101, pl. XCII [92]: figs 1-11; pl. XCIII [93]: figs 1-15; pl. XCIV [94]: figs 1-8
Published in: Houk, V. & Klee, R. (2007). Atlas of freshwater centric diatoms with a brief key and descriptions. Part II. Melosiraceae and Aulacoseiraceae (Supplement of Part I). Fottea 7(2): 85-108, plus pl. XLII-CXIV.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Aulacoseira is Melosira crenulata (Ehrenberg) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Gaillonella spiralis Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: USA: Oregon: Columbia River, fossil; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype (V. Houk & R. Klee, Fottea 7: pl. XCII): BHUPM: mica "Oregon 4"; No. 240912 (Index Nominum Algarum)
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spiral (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 25 July 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 31 May 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024