Conferva pectinalis O.F.Müller 1788
Publication Details
Conferva pectinalis O.F.Müller 1788: 91, figs 4-7
Published in: Müller, O.F. (1788). De Confervis palustribus oculo nudo invisibilibus. Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 3: 89-98, Plates 1, 2.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Conferva is Conferva rupestris Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Fragilaria pectinalis (O.F.Müller) Lyngbye.
Source of Synonymy
Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Type Information
Type locality: "In palustribus Hauniensibus" [Denmark: near Copenhagen]; (Müller 1788: 91) Lectotype: fig. 4 in O.F. Müller 1788: 91: an individual from slide BM 101152 in BM (located at England finder L33-3: fig. 4B), "New river near Hornsey, March 5, 1802" (epitype) (Tuji & Williams 2006: 198) Notes: Isoepitype: TNS.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Conferva pectinalis filamentis inarticulatis simplicibus, transversim confertim striatis.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 October 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 May 2025
