Cystopleura hellenica (Ehrenberg) Kuntze 1891

Publication Details
Cystopleura hellenica (Ehrenberg) Kuntze 1891: 891

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 2 pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

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Publication date: 5 November 1891

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Epithemia hellenica (Ehrenberg) Ralfs.

Source of Synonymy
Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L.; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-968, 40 pls [I-XV]. London: Whittaker and Co..

Basionym
Eunotia hellenica Ehrenberg

Type Information
Lectotype locality: "'E Graeciae marga' [subfossil limnic sediments, Greece]."; (Jahn & Kusber 2006: 530) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Jahn & Kusber 2006: 530): "preparation No. 311101-a 'Griechenland 2.1.' in BHUPM (Fig. 6); lectotype locality: “E Graeciae marga” [subfossil limnic sediments, Greece].... Further original material. – Part of drawing sheet No. 2326, depicted as t. 6 (part 2) fig. 17a, b in Ehrenberg (1854)."

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 January 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 01 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 July 2025