Surirella didyma Kützing 1844

Publication Details
Surirella didyma Kützing 1844: 60, pl. 3: fig LXVII [67]

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.

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Publication date: 7-9 Nov 1844

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Surirella is Surirella striatula Turpin.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Iconella didyma (Kützing) Bukhtiyarova.

Source of Synonymy
Bukhtiyarova, I.N. (2021). Bacillariophyta of the Yavorivsky National Park, Broadleaf Forest Zone of Ukraine, including ?aloneis albus-columba, sp. nov. Biosystems Diversity 29(2): 185-194, 35 figs.

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Greek), twin.

General Environment
This is a brackish species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 January 2024

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Nomenclatural note
"Im Brackwasser der Insel Wangerooge." [Germany] - (10 January 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2025