Cocconema asperum Ehrenberg 1840
Current name:
Cymbella aspera (Ehrenberg) Cleve
Dim. 33 x 168 µm (1000x) - 14 January 2013. Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com)
Publication Details
Cocconema asperum Ehrenberg 1840: 206
Published in: Ehrenberg, [C.G.] (1840). [Characteristik von 274 neuen Arten von Infusorien]. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1840: 197-219.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cocconema is Cocconema cistula (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cymbella aspera (Ehrenberg) Cleve.
Type Information
Type locality: fossilis ad Galliae vicum Ceypam (Puy de Dome); (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), rough.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 August 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
