Gyrosigma attenuatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1853
Current name:
Gyrosigma attenuatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst
250x __Lenght 180 µm - 11 May 2011. Robert Lavigne. (MicroscopyView.com)
Publication Details
Gyrosigma attenuatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1853: 47
Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1853). Die Süsswasser-Diatomaceen (Bacillarien.): für Freunde der Mikroskopie. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-72, 10 pls. Leipzig: Eduard Kummer.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gyrosigma is Gyrosigma hippocampus Hassall.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Frustulia attenuata Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: bei Weissenfels; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), attenuate (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 July 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
