Bacillaria cistula Ehrenberg 1828
Publication Details
Bacillaria cistula Ehrenberg 1828: Zoologica II Phytozoa pl. II [2] : fig. 10
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1831). Zoologica II. Animalia evertebrata exclusis insecta. Phytozoa. In: Symbolae physicae, seu, Icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum: quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam. (Hemprich, P.C. & Ehrenberg, C.G. Eds) Vol. 4(1), pp. [67], 6 plates. Berlin: Officina Academica.
Publication date: 1831
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Bacillaria is Bacillaria paradoxa J.F.Gmelin.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cymbella cistula (Ehrenberg) O.Kirchner.
Source of Synonymy
Kirchner, O. (1878). Algen. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien. Part 1. (Cohn, F. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. i-iv [vii] 1-284. Breslau: J.U. Kern's Verlag (Max Müller).
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), cistula f., a basket; a small chest.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 December 2017
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Nomenclatural note
Seemingly originally first introduced without a description, but validated by analytical figures (see Art. 38.7 "For the purpose of Art. 38.5, prior to 1 January 1908, an illustration with analysis (see Art. 38.9 and 38.10) is acceptable in place of a written description or diagnosis."). - (29 February 2016) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2025
