Frustulia dilatata Brébisson 1838
Publication Details
Frustulia dilatata Brébisson 1838: 43, no fig.
Published in: Brébisson, A. de (1838). Études microscopiques. Considérations sur les Diatomées et essai d'une classification des genres et des espèces appartenant à cette famille. Mémoires de la Société Académique, Agricole, Industrielle et d’Instruction de l’Arrondissements de Falaise 1: 27-46, 148-149 (=Corrections et additions au mémoire sur les Diatomées).
Request PDFPublication date: 1 January 1838
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Frustulia is Frustulia saxonica Rabenhorst.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulnaria capitata (Ehrenberg) Compère.
Source of Synonymy
Aboal, M., Álvarez Cobelas, M., Cambra, J. & Ector, L. (2003). Floristic list of non-marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. Updated taxonomy and bibliography. Diatom Monographs 4: 1-639.
Type Information
Type locality: "Eaux douces. Normandie." [Normandy, France]; (Brébisson 1838: 43)
Origin of Species Name
(Latin), broadened, expanded, spread out, or widened
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 December 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 December 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 June 2025
