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Melosira italica (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1844
149249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149249)
uncertain > unassessed
Species
- Variety Melosira italica var. valida (Grunow) Husted, 1927
- Forma Melosira italica f. crenulata (Ehrenberg) Otto Müller, 1906 accepted as Gaillonella crenulata var. crenulata Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira italica f. laevis (Ehrenberg) Cleve-Euler, 1915 accepted as Gaillonella laevis Ehrenberg, 1854 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira italica f. laevis A. Berg, 1945 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira italica f. miocenica Jousé, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira italica f. procera Otto Müller, 1906 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira italica f. recta Otto Müller, 1906 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira italica f. spiralis Otto Müller, 1906 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira italica f. tenuis Otto Müller, 1906 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira italica f. tenuissima (Grunow) Camburn, 1986 accepted as Melosira crenulata var. tenuissima Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira italica f. variestriata A. Berg, 1945 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. alpigena (Grunow) Cleve-Euler, 1934 accepted as Melosira distans f. alpigena Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. ambigua (Grunow) Cleve-Euler, 1951 accepted as Melosira crenulata var. ambigua Grunow, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. crenulata (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1843 accepted as Gaillonella crenulata var. crenulata Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. hankensis Skvortzow, 1929 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. laevis (Ehrenberg) Frenguelli, 1933 accepted as Gaillonella laevis Ehrenberg, 1854 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. multistriata Patrick, 1940 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. pachyderma Krieger, 1929 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. perminuta Cleve-Euler, 1951 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. plicatella Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. semilaevis (Grunow in Van Heurck) Frenguelli, 1933 accepted as Melosira semilaevis Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. subborealis Nygaard, 1956 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira italica var. valida Grunow, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subspecies Melosira italica subsp. subarctica Otto Müller, 1906 accepted as Aulacoseira subarctica (Otto Müller) E.Y.Haworth, 1990
- Variety Melosira italica var. tenuissima (Grunow) O.Müller. accepted as Aulacoseira italica var. tenuissima (Grunow) Simonsen, 1979 accepted as Melosira tenuissima Grunow, 1882
marine, fresh
(of Gaillonella italica Ehrenberg, 1838) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben de Natur. Verlag von Leopold Voss, Leipzig, pp. 1-xvii, 1-548, pls. 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58475
page(s): p. 171; pl. 10, fig. 6 [details]
page(s): p. 171; pl. 10, fig. 6 [details]
Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy
Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details]
Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2026). DiatomBase. Melosira italica (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149249 on 2026-07-10
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(of Gaillonella italica Ehrenberg, 1838) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben de Natur. Verlag von Leopold Voss, Leipzig, pp. 1-xvii, 1-548, pls. 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58475
page(s): p. 171; pl. 10, fig. 6 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Rawlence, D.L. 1987. A guide to common phytoplankton of the St. Croix Estuary, New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Museum Publications in Natural Science No. 6. 60 p. [details]
additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 66(3): 531-610., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042235 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Nylander, W. (1861). Diatomaceis Fenniae fossilibus additamentum. Sallskapet pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 6(3): 147-159
page(s): p. 157 [details]
page(s): p. 171; pl. 10, fig. 6 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Rawlence, D.L. 1987. A guide to common phytoplankton of the St. Croix Estuary, New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Museum Publications in Natural Science No. 6. 60 p. [details]
additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 66(3): 531-610., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042235 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Nylander, W. (1861). Diatomaceis Fenniae fossilibus additamentum. Sallskapet pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 6(3): 147-159
page(s): p. 157 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet phytosynthetic [details]Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details]
Habitat pelagic or attached to various marine life [details]
Importance most abundant phylum of algae [details]
Morphology yellow brown in color, not green [details]
Predators marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details]
Reproduction general for group: both sexual and asexual [details]
