Cylindrotheca fusiformis Reimann & J.C.Lewin 1964

Publication Details
Cylindrotheca fusiformis Reimann & J.C.Lewin 1964: 288, pl. 121: figs 1-6; pl. 122: figs 1-4

Published in: Reimann, B.E.F. & Lewin, J.C. (1964). The diatom genus Cylindrotheca Rabenhorst. Journal of the Royal Microcopical Society, Series 3 83(3): 283-296.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cylindrotheca is Cylindrotheca gerstenbergeri Rabenhorst.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
in limo orae maritimae; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), fusiform; swollen at the middle and tapering to each end like a spindle; narrowly ellipsoid (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 June 2016

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Nomenclatural notes
Invalid according to INA: "type not correctly designated (figures represent 7 different strains)" [INA]. Effectively lectotypified by Jahn & Kusber (2005: 302) and thus validated? - (12 April 2016) - M.D. Guiry
nom. inval. (Jahn & Kusber citing Greuter et al. 2000, Art. 37.3). - (24 June 2016) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 June 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 May 2025