Fallacia pygmaea var. rhomboidea Karthick 2020

Publication Details
Fallacia pygmaea var. rhomboidea Karthick 2020: 5, description and illustration in Gandhi (1998: 182; pl. V, fig. 179)

Published in: Guiry, M.D., Vigneshwaran, A. & Karthick, B. (2020). Validation and replacement of some diatom names published by H.P.Gandhi. Notulae Algarum 133: 1-9, no figs.

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Publication date: 10 April 2020

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Fallacia is Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle & D.G.Mann.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
India: Gujarat: Baroda.;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pygmy, dwarf (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 04 May 2020 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 04 May 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Replaced designation: "Navicula pygmaeae var. rhomboidea H.P. Gandhi" (Gandhi 1998: 182)". Note: this taxon is correctly referred to the genus Fallacia. - (04 May 2020) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 May 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025

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