Pyxidicula actinoptychus Ehrenberg 1844
Publication Details
Pyxidicula actinoptychus Ehrenberg 1844: 85 (as 'Pyxidicula? actinoptychus')
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1844). Mittheilung über 2 neue Lager von Gebirgsmassen aus Infusorien als Meeres-Absatz in Nord-Amerika und eine Vergleichung derselben mit den organischen Kreide-Gebilden in Europa und Afrik. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung Geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie Der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1844: 57-97.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pyxidicula is Pyxidicula operculata (C.Agardh) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Stephanogonia actinoptychus (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck.
Type Information
Virginia, Maryland, Aegina [Greece]; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 April 2021
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 May 2024