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| Roperia A. Grunow ex J. Pelletan p. 158 | |
| Generitype | T: Roperia tesselata (F.C.S. Roper 1858) A. Grunow ex Pelletan 1889 (= Eupodiscus tesselatus F.C.S. Roper) |
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| Year Designated | 0 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Type by monotypy. Name introduced by Grunow in H. Van Heurck 1883, pl. 118, fig. 6-7 (ref. 001037), with an illustration of Roperia tesselata (Roper), but invalidly published because a generic description was lacking. Validating description provided by Pelletan 1889. |
| Published in |
Pelletan, J. 1889 (ref. 1001) Les Diatomées. Histoire naturelle, préparation,classification et description des principales espèces. Part II. Journal de Micrographie, Vol:1889, i-viii, 1-364, pls. 6-10, fig. 266-463. |