Schizonema vulgare Thwaites 1848

Publication Details
Schizonema vulgare Thwaites 1848: 170, pl. XII [12]: fig. H: 1-5

Published in: Thwaites, G.H.K. (1848). Further observations on the Diatomaceae with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2 1: 161-172, pls XI, XII.

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Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Frustulia vulgaris (Thwaites) De Toni.

Source of Synonymy
De Toni, G.B. (1891). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. II. Sylloge Bacillariearum. Sectio I. Rhaphideae. pp. [i-iii]. [i]-cxxxii, 1-490. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.

Type Information
Type locality: "Occurs during the spring in almost every ditch and running stream" [England].; (Thwaites 1848: 170)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), common, general, ordinary (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 09 June 2016

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Habitat note
Extraordinarily wide ecological amplitude - (10 July 2010) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 June 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025

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