Nitzschia longissima var. closterium (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 1885

Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin

Current name: Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin
Kingston, Washington, USA; Carpenter Creek watershed, estuary, 1000x, DIC - 31 January 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Nitzschia longissima var. closterium (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 1885: 185

Published in: Van Heurck, H. (1885). Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique. Texte. pp. [1]-235. Anvers: Martin Brouwers & Co.

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Publication date: May 1885

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitzschia is Nitzschia elongata Hassal.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin.

Basionym
Ceratoneis closterium Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: North Sea, near Cuxhaven, Germany (53 5200N, 008 42 00E); (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: [21 Sept. 1839]; water of the rising tide; BHUPM: Ehrenberg Collection; Taxonomical Preparation 540032-3 (Jahn & Kusber 2005: 297, fig. 5) Notes: Germany: Cuxhaven; Wismar (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very long (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 06 December 2018

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