Frustulia adnata Kützing 1833
Current name:
Epithemia adnata (Kützing) Brébisson
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; pond, 1000x, DIC - 31 January 2010. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Frustulia adnata Kützing 1833: 544, pl. 13: fig. 15
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1834 '1833'). Synopsis diatomearum oder Versuch einer systematischen Zusammenstellung der Diatomeen. Linnaea 8: 529-620, + pls XIII-XIX [79 figs].
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Frustulia is Frustulia saxonica Rabenhorst.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Epithemia adnata (Kützing) Brébisson.
Source of Synonymy
Brébisson, [L.] A. de (1838). Considerations sur les diatomées et essai d'une classification des genres et des espèces appartenant à cette famille, par A. de Brébisson, auteur de la Flore de Normandie, etc.. pp. [i], [1]-20 [error pages bound?]. Falaise & Paris: Brée l'Ainée Imprimeur-Libraire; Meilhac.
Type Information
various localities, epiphytic; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 February 2021
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 February 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 October 2024