Tabellaria Ehrenberg ex Kützing, 1844

Holotype species: Tabellaria flocculosa (Roth) Kützing

Publication details: Ehrenberg ex Kützing, 1844: 127

Original publication and holotype designation: Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.

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The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-01-27 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kingston, J.C. (2003). Araphid and Monoraphid Diatoms. In: Freshwater Algae of North America, Ecology and Classification. (Wehr, J.D. & Sheath, R.G. Eds), pp. 595-636. San Diego: Academic Press.

Nomenclatural note
CAS: "In Ehrenberg 1840 (ref. 000293) p. 217, the name Tabellaria is introduced with the Latin description of 2 species, Tabellaria ? amphicephala, Tabellaria trinodis, and the citation of Tabellaria bacillum (no description but reference to a previously published paper). No type is designated. It is not validly published in Ehrenberg 1840 because a generic description is lacking. The genus name became validly published in Kützing 1844, pg. 127 (ref. 000595), where a description of the genus is given. Seven species of Tabellaria are included in Kützing 1844 (including T. flocculosa, the first of them), no type is designated. Tabellaria flocculosa is given by Kützing 1844 as a possible synonym of Tabellaria trinodis Ehrenberg. Although this species may be the only one of Ehrenberg's original species included by Kützing in the genus, Kützing does not designate it as the type. Farr et al. (1979) and Round, Crawford & Mann (1990) are incorrect when giving T. flocculosa as the type. Boyer's choice of Tabellaria fenestrata is in accordance to ICBN Art. 10.2, has priority over Farr et al. (1979)'s choice, and should be followed." - (21 October 2011) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 May 2025