Wormskioldia squamariae Meneghini 1840
Current name:
Contarinia squamariae (Meneghini) Denizot
microscope, transverse section, Sausset, France, 2011Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Wormskioldia squamariae Meneghini 1840: no. 8, p. 3
Published in: Meneghini, G. (1840). Lettera del Prof. Giuseppe Meneghini al Dott. Iacob Corinaldi a Pisa. pp. [1-4]. Pisa: Tipografia Prosperi.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Wormskioldia is Wormskioldia sanguinea (Hudson) Sprengel.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Contarinia squamariae (Meneghini) Denizot.
Origin of Species Name
, resembling, or growing on or in species of the genus Squamaria, i.e. Peyssonnelia
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 April 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 May 2009
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 May 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 April 2024
