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.
Request PDFType 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.
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 19 April 2024
