Licmophora clevei (Mereschkowsky) Car & Herwig 2015
Publication Details
Licmophora clevei (Mereschkowsky) Car & Herwig 2015: 235, figs 2-13
Published in: Lobban, C.S., Ashworth, M.P., Car, A., Herwig, W., & Ulanova, A. (2015). Licmosphenia revisited: transfer to Licmophora, redescription of L. clevei Mereschkowsky and description of three new species. Diatom Research 30(3): 227-236.
Publication date: 2015
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Licmophora is Licmophora argentescens C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Licmosphenia clevei Mereschkowsky
Type Information
Type locality: Mediterranean: Villefranche; (Index Nominum Algarum) Epitype: see below (epitype) BRM; (Lobban et al. 2015: 230, fig. 2) Notes: the imaged specimen (fig. 2), at 12.3 mm E and 8.1 mm S of the upper left corner of the cover glass on slide BRM ZU9/69; Bay of Stari Grad, Hvar Island, Croatia (43°10'54" N, 16°35'00" E), sample 156, Padina pavonica, collected by Ana Car, 5 Sep. 2009.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (singular possessive) (Latin), named for a person with the surname Cleve; for algae (particularly diatoms) generally, either Per Theodor Cleve (1840-1905) or Astrid Maria Cleve (1875-1968).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 March 2016 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 October 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
