Ellerbeckia teres (Brun) R.M.Crawford ex Houk & al. 2017
Publication Details
Ellerbeckia teres (Brun) R.M.Crawford ex Houk & al. 2017: 29, pl. 74: figs 1-7; pl. 75: figs 1-9; pl. 76: figs 1-10
Published in: Houk, V., Klee, R. & Tanaka, H. (2017). Atlas of freshwater centric diatoms with a brief key and descriptions. Second emended edition of Part I and II. Melosiraceae, Liparogyraceae, Paraliaceae and Aulacoseiraceae. Fottea 17(Supplement): 1-616.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ellerbeckia is Ellerbeckia arenaria (D.Moore ex Ralfs) Dorofeyuk & Kulikovskiy.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Melosira teres Brun
Type Information
Type locality: Maine, [collected by Brun], [USA]; (Schmidt 1892: expl. pl. 179: figs 13, 14) Notes: A type does not appear to have been designated.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 03 April 2015 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 May 2023
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Nomenclatural note
Invalid in Crawford (1988) even though the basionym was cited, as one of three possible names is given. Inadvertently validated in Houk & al. (2017: 29) by citation of the place of publication of the basionym. [May have been inadvertently validated earlier.] - (03 April 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 June 2025
