Bacteriastrum furcatum Shadbolt 1854

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Subphylum Bacillariophytina
Class Mediophyceae
Subclass Chaetocerotophycidae
Order Chaetocerotales
Family Chaetocerotaceae
Genus Bacteriastrum

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Publication details
Bacteriastrum furcatum Shadbolt 1854: 14, pl. 1: fig. 1

Published in: Shadboldt, G. (1854). A short description of some new forms of Diatomaceae from Port Natal. Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London, New Series 2: 13-18, pl. 1.

Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Bacteriastrum.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type information
Type locality: Port Natal (now Durban), South Africa (Bosak et al. 2015: 132). Lectotype (typified by Boalch (1975): BM no. 293 (Bosak et al. 2015: 132).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), forked, furcate (Stearn 1992).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bacteriastrum curvatum G.Shadbolt 1854
Bacteriastrum nodulosum G.Shadbolt 1854

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Key references
Boalch, G.T. (1974). The type material of the diatom genus Bacteriastrum Shadbolt. Nova Hedwigia Beiheft 45: 159-66.

Boalch, G.T. (1975). The Lauder species of the diatom genus Bacteriastrum Shadbolt. Nova Hedwigia Beiheft 53: 185-189.

Bosak, S., Supraha, L., Nanjappa, D., Kooistra, W.H.C.F. & Sarno, D. (2015). Morphology and phylogeny of four species from the genus Bacteriastrum (Bacillariophyta). Phycologia 54(2): 130-148.

Fryxell, G.A. (1978). Chain-forming diatoms: three species of Chaetoceraceae. Journal of Phycology 14(1): 62-71.

Hasle, G.R. & Syvertsen, E.E. (1996). Marine diatoms. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 5-385. San Diego: Academic Press.

Jameson, I. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010). Planktonic diatoms. In: Algae of Australia. Phytoplankton of temperate waters. (Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J.S., Hill, D.R.A., Jameson, I, LeRoi, J.-M., McMinn, A., Murray, S., de Salas, M.F. & Saunders, K. Eds), pp. 16-82. Canberra & Melbourne: ABRS; CSIRO Publishing.

Sarno, D., Zingone, A. & Marino, D. (1997). Bacteriastrum parallelum sp. nov., a new diatom from the Gulf of Naples, and new observations on B. furcatum (Chaetocerotaceae, Bacillariophyta). Phycologia 36: 257-266, 34 figs, 1 table.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 21 May 2015 by G.M. Guiry

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References
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Sarno, D., Zingone, A. & Marino, D. (1997). Bacteriastrum parallelum sp. nov., a new diatom from the Gulf of Naples, and new observations on B. furcatum (Chaetocerotaceae, Bacillariophyta). Phycologia 36: 257-266, 34 figs, 1 table.

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