Licmophora splendida Greville 1833

Current name: Licmophora argentescens var. splendida (Greville) Grunow
200x __Lenght 200 µm - Transmitted light (BF) - 15 April 2011. Robert Lavigne. (MicroscopyView.com)

Publication Details
Licmophora splendida Greville 1833: 408

Published in: Greville, [R.K.] (1833). Div. IV. Diatomaceae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 401-415. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Licmophora is Licmophora argentescens C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Licmophora argentescens var. splendida (Greville) Grunow.

Source of Synonymy
Grunow, A. (1862). Die österreichischen Diatomaceen nebst Anschluss einiger neuen Arten von andern Lokalitäten und einer kritischen Uebersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen und Arten. Erste Folge. Epithemieae, Meridioneae, Diatomeae, Entopyleae, Surirelleae, Amphipleureae. Zweite Folge. Familie Nitschiaea. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 315-472 [Abt 1], 545-588 [Abt. 2], 7 pls.

Type Information
Type locality: "on marine algae and Zostera, Appin: Carmichael"; (Greville 1833: 408)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 14 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 July 2025