Cocconeis melchioroides Al-Handal, Riaux-Gobin, Romero & Wulff 2008
Publication Details
Cocconeis melchioroides Al-Handal, Riaux-Gobin, Romero & Wulff 2008: 271-273, figs 2-15, 18-32
Published in: Al-Handal, A.Y., Riaux-Gobin, C., Romero, O.E. & Wulff, A (2008). Two new marine species of the diatom genus Cocconeis Ehrenberg: C. melchioroides sp. nov. and C. dallmannii sp. nov., from King George Island, Antarctica. Diatom Research 23(2): 269-281, 62, figs, 1 table.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cocconeis is Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica; (Al-Handal et al. 2008: 273) Holotype: marine sediment ; BM; slide 11338 (sample PC/CM1) (Al-Handal et al. 2008: 273) Notes: Isotypes: slide ZU6/56 in Hustedt Collection, Bremerhaven; slide PC/CM1-5 in collection A.Y. Al-Handal, Marine Ecology, Univ. of Gothenburg.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 April 2010 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 June 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024