Thalassiosira duostra C.Pienaar 1990

Publication Details
Thalassiosira duostra C.Pienaar 1990: 106, figs 1-11

Published in: Pienaar, C. & Pieterse, A.J.H. (1990). Thalassiosira duostra sp. nov. a new freshwater centric diatom from the Vaal River, South Africa. Diatom Research 5(1): 105-111.

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Publication date: 1990

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Thalassiosira is Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii Cleve.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: South Africa: Orange Free State: Vaal River at Balkfontein; (INA 1996) Type: C. Pienaar; (presumably at Dept. of Botany, Univ. of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa); CPVR150CT85 (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 July 2024

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Habitat note
Characterized as a freshwater, probably mesohalobous species present in eutrophic rivers (Pienaar & Pieterse 1990); reported also from polluted, eutrophic or even waste water (Torgan et al. 2006). - (11 July 2024) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025