Sigmatella acuminata (Kützing) Brébisson & Godey 1835

Publication Details
Sigmatella acuminata (Kützing) Brébisson & Godey 1835

Published in: Brébisson, L.A. de & Godey, L.L. (1835 '1836'). Algues des environs de Falaise, décrites et dessinées par MM. de Brébisson et Godey. Mémoires de la Société Académique des Sciences, Artes et Belles-Lettres de Falaise 1835: 1-62, 256-269 [corrections], pls I-VIII.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sigmatella is Sigmatella nitzschii Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gyrosigma acuminatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst.

Basionym
Frustulia acuminata Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: süssen Wassern [sweet waters, presumably Germany]; (Kützing 1834: 555) Notes: G.C. 14188a, ANSP and BM 78084 (syntype) [Sterrenburg pers.comm.]

Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), acuminate, i.e. tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narrow point (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 02 September 2011

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 September 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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