Brachysira thermalis (Grunow) Van de Vijver & T.M.Schuster 2021
Publication Details
Brachysira thermalis (Grunow) Van de Vijver & T.M.Schuster 2021: 2, figs 1-7
Published in: Van de Vijver, B. & Schuster, T.M. (2021). Observations and typification of Navicula serians var. thermalis Grunow and its transfer to the genus Brachysira. Notulae Algarum 190: 1-3, 7 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Brachysira is Brachysira aponina Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Navicula serians var. thermalis Grunow
Type Information
Type locality: "Thermen Ostindiens" [Hot springs, East Indies] ; (Van Heurck 1880: pl. 12: fig. 10) Lectotype (designated by Van de Vijver & Schuster 2021: 2): F. Stoliczka; BR; BR-4648 (Van de Vijver & Schuster 2021: 2) Notes: Navicula serians var. thermalis Grunow (in Van Heurck 1880: pl. 12: fig. 10) was originally described from unspecified hot springs in Eastern Asia (“in Thermen Ostindiens”) based on Grunow sample 928. Based on the notes in Grunow’s accession books, the sample was collected in 1865 and given to Grunow by the Czech palaeontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874), who made several expeditions to Burma, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and the Himalayas." (Van de Vijver & Schuster 2021: 2).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), found growing by warm springs.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2021 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 April 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
