Achnanthes pyrenaica Hustedt 1939
Publication Details
Achnanthes pyrenaica Hustedt 1939: 554, pl. 25: figs 5-10
Published in: Hustedt, F. (1939). Diatomeen aus den Pyrenäen. Bericht der Deutschen Botanischen Gessellschaft 56(10): 543-572, pl. 25.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Achnanthes is Achnanthes adnata Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Achnanthidium pyrenaicum (Hustedt) H.Kobayasi.
Type Information
Type locality: Gave d'Ossau River, Pyrenees, France; (Potapova & Ponader 2004: 44, 45, fig. 50) Type (fide Simonsen, 1987: 248-249): BRM; Coll. Hustedt 397/18 (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: River Gave d'Ossau and in the vicinity of a spring at Lac d'Artouse, French Pyrenees. Potapova & Ponader (2004: 44, 45) note that Lange-Bertlot & Ruppel (198) considered Lac d'Artouste as the type locality but following Simonsen (1987) they consider the slide 397/18 (fron Gave d'Ossau) to be the type slide (type material BRM E 809, isotype slide ANSP GC 14440.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 August 2018
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
