Himantidium pectinale Kützing 1844

Publication Details
Himantidium pectinale Kützing 1844: 39, pl. 16: fig. 11

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.

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Publication date: 7-9 Nov 1844

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Himantidium is Himantidium arcus (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Eunotia pectinalis (Kützing) Rabenhorst.

Source of Synonymy
Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.

Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Niedersachsen: Hooksiel, Jadebusen (leg. Kützing in 1839); Jever (leg. Koch 23); (INA 1996) Holotype: (Tuji & Williams 2006: 199) Notes: Holotype: "Jever unter No. 28." Kutzing packet 28 in AWH; Isotype: slide BM17856 (Tuji & Williams, 2006: 199).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 August 2023

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Taxonomic note
Treated here as a new name: usually considered as a combination of Conferva pectinalis O.F. Müller 1788 but that placed in synonymy of Fragilaria capucina on p. 45 (INA). - (10 November 2015) - G.M. Guiry

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