Ulnaria splendens (Kützing) D.M.Williams & Van de Vijver 2021
Publication Details
Ulnaria splendens (Kützing) D.M.Williams & Van de Vijver 2021: 166, figs 1–18
Published in: Williams, D.M. & Van de Vijver, B. (2021). Studies on type material from Kützing's diatom collection III: Synedra splendens (Kütz.) Kütz., Synedra aequalis (Kütz.) Kütz. and a note on Synedra obtusa W.Sm.. Fottea 21(2): 164-179, 59 figures, 3 tables.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulnaria is Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Frustulia splendens Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: “In kleinen klaren Bächen an Wasserpflanzen [...] bei Weissenfels, Schleusingen [In small clear brooks on aquatic plants [...] at Weissenfels [Weißenfels], Schleusingen]” [Weissenfels/Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]; (Kützing 1834: 553) Lectotype: (Williams & Van de Vijver 2021: 166, 167, figs 9-11) Notes: Germany; near Weissenfels, Halle district (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), splendid, shining, gleaming, brilliant (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 10 March 2025 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 April 2025
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025
