Diadesmis contenta var. parallela (J.B.Petersen) Spaulding 1997
Publication Details
Diadesmis contenta var. parallela (J.B.Petersen) Spaulding 1997: 410
Published in: Spaulding, S.A., McKnight, D.M., Stoermer, E.F. & Doran, P.T. (1997). Diatoms in sediments of perenially ice-covered Lake Hoare, and implications for interpreting lake history in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Journal of Paleolimnology 17(4): 403-420, 11 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Diadesmis is Diadesmis confervacea Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Humidophila parallela (Petersen) Furey, Manoylov & R.L.Lowe.
Source of Synonymy
Vouilloud, A.A., Guerrero, J.M., Sala, S.E., Simonato, J. & Kociolek, J.P. (2022). Taxonomy and valve morphology of Humidophila species (Bacillariophyceae) from aerofilous habitats in northeastern Argentina, with the description of four new species. Fottea 22(1): 56-77, 110 fig, 5 tables.
Basionym
Navicula contenta var. parallela J.B.Petersen
Type Information
Type locality: Iceland, in soil; (Vouilloud & al. 2022: 68) Type: Mølholm Hansen; 30.vii.1925; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 May 2024
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Nomenclatural notes
(J.B.Petersen) Hamilton in M.Poulin, Hamilton & Proux 1995: 82 (INA). - (02 August 2022) - G.M. Guiry
Combination introduced by several other authors including Aboal in Aboal et al. (2003: 242, 613) and Tuji (2003: 66). - (29 January 2016) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025
