Encyonema hebridicum Grunow ex Cleve 1891
Publication Details
Encyonema hebridicum Grunow ex Cleve 1891: 48, pl. II [2]: figs 16, 17 (as 'E. hebridicum (Greg.) Grun..')
Published in: Cleve, P.T. (1891). The diatoms of Finland. Acta Societatia pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 8(2): 1-68, 3 pls.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Encyonema is Encyonema paradoxum Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Syntype localities: "“Foss. Nyl. 87, Sa. 89." [Finland]; (Cleve 1891: 48) Notes: "Nyl. = Nyland; Sa. = Savolaks"
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 January 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Authorities for this name often mention "Gregory" but I can find no description by W. Gregory of such a species. Patrick & Reimer (1975: 30) write "In the key to the Cleve & Möller exsiccati (1877, p. 2, No. 37) Encyonema hebridicum is attributed to "(Greg.) Grun." I can find no description or reference to a description for the epithet hebridica that can be attributed to Gregory. Failing in this, it is necessary to adopt the epithet in Cleve (loc. cit.), for the Cleve & Moller listing must be considered a nom. nud." Grunow (1879) writes: "No 37. Encyonema hebridicum Greg. Je pense que cette espèce est le Cymbella hebridica Greg., mais je ne peux pas affirmer. Il se rapproche beaucoup du Cymb. maculata W. Sm. non Kg. et du Cymb. turgida Greg., et ceux-cisont si voisins de l'Encyonema caespitosum que je serais d'avisqu'ils fussent placés dans ce genre." [No 37. Encyonema hebridicum Greg. I think this species is Cymbella hebridica Greg., but I cannot say for sure. It is very close to Cymb. maculata W. Sm. non Kg. and of Cymb. turgida Greg., and these are so close to the Encyonema caespitosum that I would be of the opinion that they were placed in this genus.]. - (15 January 2016) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 May 2025
