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Peronia A. de Brebisson & G.A.W. Arnott ex F. Kitton 1868, pg. 16
Generitype T: Peronia erinacea A. de Brébisson & G.A.W. Arnott ex F. Kitton 1868, nom. illeg. (= Gomphonema fibula Brébisson ex Kützing, Peronia fibula (Brébisson ex Kützing) R. Ross)
Designated by ICBN 1956 (ref. 006916), p. 201
Year Designated 1956
Nomenclatural status nom. cons.
Recent revisions
Comments Name conserved vs. Perinia Redoute 1811 (Marant.) (nom. rej.) (see ICBN 1956, p. 201, ref. 006916). Originally monotypic. Kitton says: "A valued correspondant has informed me that the form described in the Synopsis as Gomphonema fibula is not a Gomphonema, but must be considered a new genus. Peronia, n. g., Brébisson and Arnott. (description)....P. erinacea, Bréb. and Arn.; Gomphonema fibula, Bréb. MS.; G. fibula, Kützing, Smith; Synedra spinulaeformis, Sm. MSS. syn. Fibula. Smith, in Brit. Mus. Cat., p. 33." See genus Peroniopsis Hustedt 1952 (ref. 000525).
Published in

Kitton, F. 1868  (ref. 2059)

Description of a new genus of Diatomaceae and observations on the costae of Pinnularia peregrina

Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new series, London, Vol:8, 16-17