Frustulia lewisiana (Greville) De Toni 1891
Publication Details
Frustulia lewisiana (Greville) De Toni 1891: 278
Published in: De Toni, G.B. (1891). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. II. Sylloge Bacillariearum. Sectio I. Rhaphideae. pp. [i-iii]. [i]-cxxxii, 1-490. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Publication date: 25 July 1891
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Frustulia is Frustulia saxonica Rabenhorst.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Frickea lewisiana (Greville) Heiden.
Basionym
Navicula lewisiana Greville
Type Information
Syntype localities: "India (Sunderbunds) ; Dr. Wallich. Mud from oysters, St. Mary's River, U.S. ; tidal mud from Savannah River, U.S. ; marsh at Pernandina, Florida ; Dr. F. W. Lewis. Mouth of the River Berbice ; Dr. Abercrombie. Sierra Leone, in gathering communicated by Frederick Kitton, Esq."; (Greville 1863: 15)
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 01 September 2011 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 03 March 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024