Diploneis afra (Giffen) Witkowski, Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin 2000
Publication Details
Diploneis afra (Giffen) Witkowski, Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin 2000: 183, pl. 86: fig. 16; pl. 88: fig. 14-17 (as 'caffra')
Published in: Witkowski, A., Lange-Bertalot, H. & Metzeltin, D. (2000). Diatom flora of marine coasts I. Iconographia Diatomologica 7: 1-925, incl. 219 pls with 4504 figs.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Diploneis is Diploneis didymus (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Diploneis interrupta var. affra Giffen
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 18 August 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 November 2024
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Nomenclatural note
ICN Art. 61.6 Madrid Code. "Epithets with the root caf[f][e]r-, such as cafra, caffra, cafrorum, and cafrum, are not permitted in the nomenclature of organisms covered by this Code. Where these epithets were used in validly published names, they are to be treated as orthographical variants that are to be replaced by epithets with the root af[e]r-, such as afra, afrorum, and afrum, respectively. If this results in a later homonym, the correct name is determined by Art. 11.4." See Smith & Figueiredo (2021). - (25 July 2024) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 July 2025