Cocconeis scutellum var. stauroneiformis Rabenhorst 1864

Publication Details
Cocconeis scutellum var. stauroneiformis Rabenhorst 1864: 101

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.

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Publication date: Mar-Mai 1864

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cocconeis is Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Basionym
Cocconeis scutellum var. stauroneiformis Grunow

Type Information
locality not given; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), diminutive of scutum, a shield; literally, little shield (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 July 2011 by Robert Lavigne.

Last updated: 03 December 2018

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Nomenclatural note
Not Cocconeis scutellum var. stauroneiformis Grunow, 1880. There is a description and a reference to "Roper in Micr. Journ. [Quart. J. Miscosc. Sci] VI. T. III. F. 9.", which is var. [gamma] according to INA. - (22 January 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 December 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025

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