Gomphonema geminatum (Lyngbye) C.Agardh 1824

Publication Details
Gomphonema geminatum (Lyngbye) C.Agardh 1824: 12

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].

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Publication date: probably September 1824

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gomphonema is Gomphonema acuminatum Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt.

Source of Synonymy
Schmidt, A.[W.F.] (1899). Atlas der Diatomaceen-kunde. Series V: Heft 54 . pp. pls 213-216 [M. Schmidt]. Leipzig: O.R. Reisland .

Basionym
Echinella geminata Lyngbye

Type Information
in ins. Faer. ad saxa rivulorum subalpest. prope Argehospital et rupem Skielling [Faroe Islands]; (Lyngbye 1819: 219)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 May 2016

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 May 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025

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