Stauroneis truncata (Rabenhorst) Ralfs 1861

Publication Details
Stauroneis truncata (Rabenhorst) Ralfs 1861: 914

Published in: Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L.; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-968, 40 pls [I-XV]. London: Whittaker and Co..

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Publication date: 1861

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Stauroneis is Stauroneis phoenicenteron (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Basionym
Stauroptera truncata Rabenhorst

Type Information
Type locality: "Unter Cladophora glomerata in Bosnien"; (Rabenhorst 1853: 49)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), truncate, i.e., ending very abruptly as if cut straight across (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 27 January 2004 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 12 November 2019

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 November 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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