Psammothidium levanderi (Hustedt) Bukhtiyarova & Round 1996
Publication Details
Psammothidium levanderi (Hustedt) Bukhtiyarova & Round 1996: 18, figs 66, 67
Published in: Bukhtiyarova, L. & Round, F.E. (1996). Revision of the genus Achnanthes sensu lato. Psammothidium a new genus based on A. marginulatum. Diatom Research 11(1): 1-30.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Psammothidium is Psammothidium marginulatum (Grunow) Bukhtiyarova & Round.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Achnanthes levanderi Hustedt
Type Information
Type locality: Finland: pond at east foot of Wuokatti; (INA 1996) Type (fide Simonsen, 1987: 116): BRM; coll. Hustedt N12/84 (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 May 2025
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Nomenclatural note
inhabits pristine freshwater, occurring in mountainous rivers with oligotrophic, oligosaprobic waters and low electrolyte contents; circumneutral or slightly acidophilic Blanco et al., 2017:24). - (19 September 2017) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 May 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 July 2025
