Opephora polymorpha Jouravleva 1936
Publication Details
Opephora polymorpha Jouravleva 1936: 56, pl. 7: fig. 2
Published in: Jouravleva, A.A. (1936). Iskopaemye diatomovye Tunkinskoj kotloviny (Pribajkal'je) [Fossile diatoms of the Tunka valley (The Region of the Baikal lake)]. Trudy Vsesoyuznogo neftyanogo nauchno-issledovatel'skogo geologorazvedochnogo instituta 76: 47-64, plate 7. [in Russian with English abstract]
Publication date: 19 April 1936
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Opephora is Opephora pacifica (Grunow) Petit.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Opephora martyi var. polymorpha (Jouravleva) Proshkina-Lavrenko.
Type Information
Type locality: Russia: Lake Baikal: Tunka valley (Oligocene); (Index Nominum Algarum)
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), polymorphous, polymorphic; variable in form (Brown 1954).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 March 2012 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 19 July 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 July 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024