Actinoptychus meakinii VanLandingham 1967

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Subphylum Coscinodiscophytina
Class Coscinodiscophyceae
Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae
Order Coscinodiscales
Family Heliopeltaceae
Genus Actinoptychus

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Publication details
Actinoptychus meakinii VanLandingham 1967: 118, 129

Published in: VanLandingham, S.L. (1967). Catalogue of the fossil and Recent genera and species of diatoms and their synonyms. Acanthoceras through Bacillaria. Vol. 1 pp. [1]-xi, [1]-493. Lehre: J. Cramer.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Actinoptychus is Actinoptychus senarius (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Actinoptychus affinis Barker & S.H.Meakin 1945

Nomenclatural notes
New name for Actinoptychus affinis Barker & Meakin, 1945, not Actinoptychus affinis Grunow, 1890. - (22 Apr 2021) - M.D. Guiry

General environment
This is a marine species.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Key references
Desikachary, T.V. & Ranjitha Devi, R.A. (1986). Marine fossil diatoms from India and Indian Ocean region. In: Atlas of diatoms. Fasc. 1. (Desikachary, T.V. Eds), pp. [1]-8, 77 pls. Madras: Madras Science Foundation.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 22 April 2021 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 September 2021.