Epithemia arcuata Pantocsek 1902

Publication Details
Epithemia arcuata Pantocsek 1902: 643, pl. XI [11]: fig. 27

Published in: Pantocsek, J. (1902). Die Bacillarien des Klebschiefers von Kertsch. Verhandlungen der Russisch-kaiserlichen mineralogischen Gesellschaft zu St. Petersburg. Series II 39(2): 627-655, pls 11-13.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Epithemia is Epithemia turgida (Ehrenberg) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhopalodia arcuata (Pantocsek) Kisseleva.

Source of Synonymy
Proshkina-Lavrenko, A.I. (1950). Diatomovyi Analiz. Opredelitel' iskopaemykh i sovremennykh diatomikh vodorosleyi. Poryadok Pennales [Diatom Analysis. Manual for identification of fossil and modern diatoms. Order Pennales]. Vol. 3 pp. 398, 117 plates. Moscow & Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoye Izdatel'stvo Geologicheskoy Literatury. [in Russian]

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), curved, like a bow (Stearn 1983).

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 December 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025