Cyclotella comta var. lemanensis Chodat 1898

Publication Details
Cyclotella comta var. lemanensis Chodat 1898: 187, fig. 3

Published in: Chodat, R. (1898). Études de biologie lacustre. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 6(2): 155-188.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cyclotella is Cyclotella tecta Håkansson & R.Ross.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lindavia lemanensis (Chodat) T.Nakov et al..

Source of Synonymy
Nakov, T., Guillory, W.X., Julius, M.L., Theriot, E.C. & Alverson, A.J. (2015). Towards a phylogenetic classification of species belonging to the diatom genus Cyclotella (Bacillariophyceae): Transfer of species formerly placed in Puncticulata, Handmannia, Pliocaenicus and Cyclotella to the genus Lindavia. Phytotaxa 217(3): 249-264.

Type Information
Type locality: Switzerland: Lake Geneva; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 17 November 2015 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 12 January 2018

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Nomenclatural note
[O. Müller ex Chodat?] (INA). - (12 January 2018) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 July 2025