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| Staurophora C. Mereschkowsky 1903, pg. 20 | |
| Generitype | LT: Staurophora gregoryi (Ralfs) Mereschkowsky 1903, nom. illeg. (= Stauroneis gregoryi Ralfs, name illeg. [Staurophora amphioxys (Gregory) D.G. Mann in F.E. Round, R.M. Crawford & D.G. Mann 1990 (= Stauroneis amphioxys Gregory 1856)] |
| Designated by | Mann in Round, Crawford & Mann 1990, p. 482 (ref. 003245) |
| Year Designated | 1990 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid/illegitimate |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Later homonym of Staurophora Willdenow 1809. Two species (S. salina, S. gregoryi), and one variety (S. salina var. latior) are originally included, and no type is designated. Mereschkowsky, p. 22, cited Staurophora amphioxys Gregory as a synonym for Staurophora gregoryi; there is no valid reason for not keeping the epithet "amphioxys", and the name Staurophora gregoryi is therefore illegitimate. Mann in Round, Crawford & Mann (ref. 003245), p. 482 (1990) designated Staurophora amphioxys (Gregory) D.G. Mann in F.E. Round, R.M. Crawford & D.G. Mann 1990 (= Stauroneis amphioxys Gregory) as the type of the genus. |
| Published in |
Mereschkowsky, C. 1903 (ref. 1384) Uber Placoneis, ein neues Diatomeen-Genus. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt, Vol:15[1], 1-30, pl. 1. |