Pleurosira thermalis (Meneghini) Meneghini 1846

Publication Details
Pleurosira thermalis (Meneghini) Meneghini 1846: 197

Published in: Meneghini, G. (1846). Sulla animalità delle Diatomee e revisione organografica dei generi di Diatomee stabiliti dal Kützing. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettero ed Arti 5: 43-231.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleurosira is Melosira thermalis Meneghini.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cerataulus thermalis (Meneghini) Ralfs.

Source of Synonymy
Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L.; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-968, 40 pls [I-XV]. London: Whittaker and Co..

Basionym
Melosira thermalis Meneghini

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), found growing by warm springs.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 February 2011 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 February 2016

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Nomenclatural note
INA: "In passing; no basionym given"; Melosira thermalis Meneghini implied? - (26 February 2016) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 February 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025