Zygoceros tuomeyi Bailey 1844

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Subphylum Bacillariophytina
Class Mediophyceae
Subclass Thalassiosirophycidae
Order Eupodiscales
Family Eupodiscaceae
Genus Zygoceros

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Drawing from Ralfs in Pritchard: A History of Infusoria (1861) , plate 6, fig. 10b __Dim.: h 68 x 113 µm. 08 Feb 2013. © MicroscopyView.com: New design remastered by Robert Lavigne.

Drawing from Ralfs in Pritchard: A History of Infusoria (1861) , plate 6, fig. 10b __Dim.: h 119 x 113 µm. 08 Feb 2013. © MicroscopyView.com: New design remastered by Robert Lavigne.

Drawing from Ralfs in Pritchard: A History of Infusoria (1861) , plate 6, fig. 10a __Dim.: h 38 x 113 µm. 08 Feb 2013. © MicroscopyView.com: New design remastered by Robert Lavigne.

Biddulphia tridens (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg Drawing from Ralfs in Pritchard: A History of Infusoria (1861) , plate 6, fig. 10a __Dim.: h 38 x 113 µm
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Publication details
Zygoceros tuomeyi Bailey 1844: 138, pl. 3: figs 3-4

Published in: Bailey, J.W. (1843). Account of some new infusorial forms discovered in the fossil Infusoria from Petersburg, Va. and Piscataway Md. American Journal of Science and Arts 46: 137-141.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zygoceros is Zygoceros rhombus Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Biddulphia tuomeyi (Bailey) Roper

Basionym
Denticella tridens Ehrenberg

Type information
Type locality: Kreidemergel (fossil) (Index Nominum Algarum).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

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.

Source of current name
Roper, F.C.S. (1859). On the genus Biddulphia and its affinities. Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London 7: 1-24, pl. 1-2.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 20 March 2015 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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 29 July 2021.