Epithemia gibberula var. rupestris (W.Smith) Grunow 1862
Current name:
Rhopalodia rupestris (W.Smith) Krammer
1000x __Dim. 13 x 64 µm - 23 August 2011. Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com)
Publication Details
Epithemia gibberula var. rupestris (W.Smith) Grunow 1862: 17 (331)
Published in: Grunow, A. (1862). Die österreichischen Diatomaceen nebst Anschluss einiger neuen Arten von andern Lokalitäten und einer kritischen Uebersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen und Arten. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 315-472 [Abt 1], 545-588 [Abt. 2], 7 pls.
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 rupestris (W.Smith) Krammer.
Basionym
Epithemia rupestris W.Smith
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Backsbottom near Lancaster, Mr. G. Smith, April 1851. Plumpton, Sussex, April 1852, W.. Sm. Aberdeenshire, Dr. Dickie. Killicrankie, Mr. P. Grant. Raasay Earth." [Britain]; (Smith 1853: 14)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 August 2011
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Robert Lavigne in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024