Triceratium brightwellii T.West 1860
Current name:
Ditylum brightwellii (T.West) Grunow
Akaroa Harbour, South Island, New Zealand (S 43° 54.155’, E 172° 58.754’); chain of cells in f/10 culture. Olympus CK-40 inverted, phase, with Nikon Coolpix 4500 camera.Mark Webber (mwebber108@yahoo.ca)
Publication Details
Triceratium brightwellii T.West 1860: 149, pl. 7: fig. 6
Published in: West, T. (1860). Remarks on some Diatomaceae new or imperfectly described and a new desmid. Transactions of the Royal Microscopical Society, series 2 8: 147-153.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Triceratium is Triceratium favus Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ditylum brightwellii (T.West) Grunow.
Type Information
Type locality: Gorlestone; Teignmouth; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 May 2015
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 May 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 July 2024
