MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Melosira italica (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1844

WoRMS name details

Melosira italica (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1844

AphiaID

149249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149249)

Classification

Status

uncertain > unassessed

Rank

Species

Parent

Melosira C.A. Agardh, 1824

Original name

Gaillonella italica Ehrenberg, 1838

Direct children (2)

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Forma Melosira italica f. crenulata (Ehrenberg) Otto Müller, 1906 accepted as Gaillonella crenulata var. crenulata Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Melosira italica var. alpigena (Grunow) Cleve-Euler, 1934 accepted as Melosira distans f. alpigena Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, fresh

Original description

(of Gaillonella italica Ehrenberg, 1838) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben de Natur. Verlag von Leopold Voss, Leipzig, pp. 1-xvii, 1-548, pls. 1-64.
page(s): p. 171; pl. 10, fig. 6 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy

Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2024). DiatomBase. Melosira italica (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149249 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2005-03-30 08:52:46Z

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2005-07-04 12:13:29Z

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Espinel, Nadjejda

2018-01-31 09:33:29Z

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Licensing

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original description (of Gaillonella italica Ehrenberg, 1838) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben de Natur. Verlag von Leopold Voss, Leipzig, pp. 1-xvii, 1-548, pls. 1-64.
page(s): p. 171; pl. 10, fig. 6 [details]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Rawlence, D.L. 1987. A guide to common phytoplankton of the St. Croix Estuary, New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Museum Publications in Natural Science No. 6. 60 p. [details]

additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 66(3): 531-610. [details] Available for editors

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source of synonymy Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors

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new combination reference Nylander, W. (1861). Diatomaceis Fenniae fossilibus additamentum. Sallskapet pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 6(3): 147-159
page(s): p. 157 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Diet phytosynthetic [details]

Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details]

Habitat pelagic or attached to various marine life [details]

Importance most abundant phylum of algae [details]

Morphology yellow brown in color, not green [details]

Predators marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details]

Reproduction general for group: both sexual and asexual [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS)
To PESI
To ITIS