Podosphenia oedipus (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1864

Publication Details
Podosphenia oedipus (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1864: 297

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.

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Publication date: Mar-Mai 1864

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 Licmophora oedipus (Kützing) Grunow.

Source of Synonymy
Van Heurck, H. (1881). Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique Atlas. pp. pls XXXI-LXXVII [31-77]. Anvers: Ducaju et Cie.

Basionym
Rhipidophora oedipus Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Adriatic Sea (Spalato, Triest); Helgoland; England; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 October 2019 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 04 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025