Gomphosphenia biwaensis T.Ohtsuka & D.Nakai 2018
Publication Details
Gomphosphenia biwaensis T.Ohtsuka & D.Nakai 2018: 108, figs 4-22, 27-30
Published in: Ohtsuka, T., Kitano, D. & Nakai, D. (2018). Gomphosphenia biwaensis, a new diatom from Lake Biwa, Japan: description and morphometric comparison with similar species using an arc-constitutive model. Diatom Research 33(1): 105-116.
Publication date: 2018
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gomphosphenia is Gomphosphenia lingulatiformis (Lange-Bertalot & E.Reichardt) Lange-Bertalot.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: south basin of Lake Biwa, offshore from Ogoto, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan; (Ohtsuke et al. 2018: 108) Holotype: Hiroki Haga; 11 September 2014; epiphytic on Lyngbya wollei at the bottom of the lake; Lake Biwa Museum, Shiga, Japan ; LBM0030001996 (permanent slide) (Ohtsuke et al. 2018: 108, fig. 9) Notes: Isotypes: LBM0030001997, LBM0030001998, LBM0030001999 (permanent slides).
Created: 04 September 2019 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024