Medlinella amphoroidea Frankovich, Ashworth & M.J. Sullivan 2016
Current name:
Medlinella amphoroidea Frankovich, Ashworth & M.J. Sullivan
Florida, USA; from the neck skin of Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) - 15 September 2016. Matt P. Ashworth
Publication Details
Medlinella amphoroidea Frankovich, Ashworth & M.J. Sullivan 2016: 105, figs 1-26
Published in: Fankovich, T.A, Ashworth, M.P., Sullivan, M.J., Veselá, J. & Stacy, N.I. (2016). Medlinella amphoroidea gen. et sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from the neck skin of Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Phytotaxa 272(2): 101-114, 32 figs.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Medlinella.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "UNITED STATES. Florida: Florida Bay ... 24° 55' 01" N, 80° 48' 28" W"; (Fankovich & al. 2016: 106) Holotype: B.A.Stacy; 24 June 2015; samples removed from the skin in the dorsal neck area of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta; CANA; 124075 (Fankovich & al. 2016: 106) Notes: "Holotype llustrated as Figs 1–5, 7–30; paratypes CAS! 223049, illustrated as Fig. 6, ANSP! GC59142, BM! 101808, BRM! ZU10/31. The holotype slide and paratype slides are specimens from separate individual turtles."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 September 2016 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 September 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 September 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 September 2024