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| Amphiprora ralfsii Walker-Arnott 1858, adn. p. 91 | |||
| Status | Valid | ||
| Comments | New name for Pleurosigma compactum Greville 1857. | ||
| Published in | Walker-Arnott, G.A. (Arnott, G.A.W.) 1858 [ref. 000110]. On Rhabdonema, and a new allied genus. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London 6:87-93. | ||
| Type | Click here to view INA card. Click here to check this name in the INA website. | ||
| Type Locality | Language of description | E | |
| Collector | Assessment of record accuracy | likely accurate | |
| List of nomenclatural synonyms | Gyrosigma compactum (Greville) Cleve 1894 Pleurosigma compactum Greville 1857 Rhoicosigma compactum (Greville) Grunow 1867 Donkinia compacta (Greville) Ralfs in Pritchard 1861 | ||