Encyonema yucatanense Metzeltin & Krammer 1998
Publication Details
Encyonema yucatanense Metzeltin & Krammer 1998: 38, pl. 139: figs 15-17, 23-25
Published in: Metzeltin, D. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (1998). Tropical diatoms of South America I: About 700 predominantly rarely known or new taxa representative of the neotropical flora. Iconographia Diatomologica 5: 3-695, 220 pls.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Encyonema is Encyonema paradoxum Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Encyonopsis yucatanensis (Metzeltin & Krammer) Krammer.
Type Information
Type locality: Mexico: Yucatan: agua Azul; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: D. Metzeltin; 23.xii.1993; Inst. für Oberflächenanalyse, Meerbusch; coll. Krammer 1042E (Index Nominum Algarum)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 18 August 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 April 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
