Nitzschia taygeteae Lobban, Ashworth, Calaor & E.C.Theriot 2019

Publication Details
Nitzschia taygeteae Lobban, Ashworth, Calaor & E.C.Theriot 2019: 219, figs 12, 21, 83-88

Published in: Lobban, C.S., Ashworth, M.P., Calaor, J.M.M. & Theriot, E.C. (2019). Extreme diversity in fined-grained morphology reveals fourteen new species of conopeate Nitzschia (Bacillariophyta: Bacillariales). Phytotaxa 401(4): 199-238, 144 fig., 1 table.

Publication date: "published: 17 Apr. 2019"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitzschia is Nitzschia elongata Hassall.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Homoeocladia taygeteae (Lobban, Ashworth, Calaor & E.C.Theriot) Lobban & Ashworth.

Source of Synonymy
Lobban, C.S. & Ashworth, M.P. (2022). Homoeocladia C.Agardh reinstated for bilaterally symmetrical conopeate Nitzschia species (Bacillariaceae, Bacillariophyta). Notulae Algarum 267: 1-9, 2 figs.

Type Information
Type locality: Guam: Apra Harbor : Outhouse Beach (13.464N, 144.656E); (INA 1996) Holotype: figs 83-85, from specimen on stub 221: C.S. Lobban & M. Schefter; 12 April 2009; cyanobacterial mat over calcareous sand, ca 8 m deep; GUD; 004303 (Lobban & al. 2019: 219) Notes: Isotype: Guam Diatom Herb., slides 1930-1932.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 May 2019 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 14 December 2023

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025