Melosira circularis (Ehreberg) Ralfs 1861

Publication Details
Melosira circularis (Ehreberg) Ralfs 1861: 821

Published in: Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L.; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-968, 40 pls [I-XV]. London: Whittaker and Co..

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Publication date: 1861

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melosira is Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Orthoseira circularis (Ehrenberg) M.Rybak, Glushchenko & Kulikovskiy.

Basionym
Liparogyra circularis Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: La Guaira [La Guayra], Venezuela (on Lomaria lineata, a fern); (Ehrenberg 1848: 219) Lectotype (designated by whom?): B; Stripe 190203, Case 19, Box 2B, Ehrenberg Coll. (Houk & al. 2017: 31)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 September 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 September 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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