Epithemia ovale (Kützing) L.A.Brébisson 1839

Publication Details
Epithemia ovale (Kützing) L.A.Brébisson 1839: 275 (as 'Epithema ovale')

Published in: Chevalier, C. (1839). Des microscopes et de leur usage: description d'appareils et de procédés nouveaux, suivie d'expériences microscopiques puisées dans les meilleurs ouvrages et les notes de M. Le Baillif, et d'un mémoire sur les diatomées, etc., par M. de Brébisson. Manuel complet du micrographe . pp. [i-ii], [1]-284, 5 pls. Paris: Chez l'auteur; Chez Chrochard, Libraire.

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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 Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing.

Basionym
Frustulia ovalis Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: bei Weisenfels; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), oval, elliptical, i.e., broadest at the middle, the sides curved and length:breadth generally 2:1 (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 19 December 2023

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024

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