Didymosphenia clava-herculis (Ehrenberg) Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot 1995
Publication Details
Didymosphenia clava-herculis (Ehrenberg) Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot 1995: 388
Published in: Metzeltin, D. & Lange-Bertalot, H (1995). Kritische Wertung der Taxa in Didymosphenia (Bacillariophyceae). Nova Hedwigia 60(3-4): 381-405.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Didymosphenia is Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Diomphala clava-herculis Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: Ireland [Mourne Mountains, Co. Down, Northern Ireland]; (Metzeltin & Lange-Bertalot 2014: 9) Lectotype (fide Jahn & Kusber, 2004): BHUPM; corresponds to the specimen on drawing sheet No. 2221; geographical preparations No. 350704-b blue (Index Nominum Algarum)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 August 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
