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| Belonidium C.G. Ehrenberg 1854, p. 290 | |
| Generitype | T: Belodinium vibrio C.G. Ehrenberg 1854 |
| Designated by | C.G. Ehrenberg (000300) |
| Year Designated | 1854 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid/illegitimate |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Type by monotypy. Fossil. Later homonym of Belonidium Durieu de Maisonneuve 1848. Ehrenberg makes the following statement, p. 290: Belonidium Vibrio ist ein Synedra und Desmogonium verwandtes neues Genus, auch an Gomphonema Vibrio erinnernd, dessen mittleren Nabel und spindelartige Form es besitzt. (Belonidium is a new genus transitional between Synedra and Desmogonium, also resembling Gomphonema vibrio, whose middle navel and spindle-like form it has). |
| Published in |
Ehrenberg, C.G. 1854 (ref. 300) Mikrogeologie. Das Erden und Felsen schaffende Wirken des unsichtbar kleinen selbstständigen Lebens auf der Erde. [Texte] Leopold Voss, Leipzig. xxviii + 374 pp. |