Cocconema mexicanum Ehrenberg 1844

Cymbella mexicana (Ehrenberg) Cleve

Current name: Cymbella mexicana (Ehrenberg) Cleve
Digitized drawing _Like 1000x _Dim. 29 x 109 µm - 05 March 2013. Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com)

Publication Details
Cocconema mexicanum Ehrenberg 1844: 342

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1844). Über einen deutlichen Einflufs des unsichtbar kleinen organischen Lebens als vulkanisch gefrittete Kieselmasse auf die Masselbildung von Bimstein, Tuff, Trafs, vulkanischem Conglomerat und auch auf das Muttergestein des nordasiatischen Marekanits. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1844: 324-344.

Original description:  

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cocconema is Cocconema cistula (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cymbella mexicana (Ehrenberg) Cleve.

Type Information
Type locality: "Mexico"; (Jahn & Kusber 2004: 581) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Jahn & Kusber 2004): Specimen on preparation No. 200701-a red in BHUPM (Jahn & Kusber 2004: fig. 11-12).who commented "The selected specimen fits the original drawing on drawing sheet No. 312 in BHUPM (Fig. 10). Krammer (2002) cited later published illustrations (Ehrenberg 1854) as “iconotypes”; this is not a formal typification (Greuter & al. 2000a: Art. 7.11 & 9.21; Greuter & al. 2000b: 75-76) but can be misunderstood as such."

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), Pertaining to Mexico (Stearn 1992).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 January 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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