Biddulphia aurita (Lyngbye) Brébisson 1838

Publication Details
Biddulphia aurita (Lyngbye) Brébisson 1838: 38

Published in: Brébisson, A. de (1838). Études microscopiques. Considérations sur les Diatomées et essai d'une classification des genres et des espèces appartenant à cette famille. Mémoires de la Société Académique, Agricole, Industrielle et d’Instruction de l’Arrondissements de Falaise 1: 27-46, 148-149 (=Corrections et additions au mémoire sur les Diatomées).

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Publication date: 1 January 1838

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Biddulphia is Biddulphia pulchella S.F.Gray.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Odontella aurita (Lyngbye) C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1832). Conspectus criticus diatomacearum. Part 4. pp. 49-66. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianus.

Basionym
Diatoma aurita Lyngbye

Type Information
Type locality: Ad littus Hofmansgave Fionae [Hofmansgave, Fyn, Denmark]; (Lyngbye 1819: 182)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with long ears.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 December 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 December 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025

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