Cymbella prostrata var. caespitosa (Kützing) Foged, nom. illeg. 1974

Publication Details
Cymbella prostrata var. caespitosa (Kützing) Foged, nom. illeg. 1974: 42; pl. 36, fig. 3-6

Published in: Foged, N. (1974). Freshwater diatoms in Iceland. Bibliotheca Phycologica 15: 1-118, pls 1-36.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cymbella is Cymbella cymbiformis C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Encyonema cespitosum Kützing.

Basionym
Encyonema cespitosum Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: "An Wassermühlen in Jütland" [Jutland]; (Kützing 1849: 61) Lectotype ("one figure on plate 25, fig. VII in Kützing (1844) (Fig. 33)"; designated by Silva & al. 2013: 122): One figure on plate 25, fig. VII in Kützing (1844) (Fig. 33).: (Silva & al. 2013: 133) Notes: Epitype (designated by Silva & al. 2013: 122): One specimen from preparation 321 IOK, at BRM, Bremerhaven (Fig. 34).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), prostrate.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 29 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 January 2013

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 January 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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