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Gephyria G.A.W. Arnott, 1858

AphiaID

248085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248085)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Entopylaceae Grunow, 1862

Direct children (12)

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Species Gephyria media Arnott, 1860
Species Gephyria castracanei Leuduger-Fortmorel, 1892 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Gephyria constricta (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Gephyria dyerana O'Meara, 1877 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Gephyria harveyi O'Meara, 1866 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Gephyria incurvata (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Gephyria japonica Wolle, 1890 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Gephyria parodii Frenguelli, 1941 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Gephyria rinnboeckii (Pantocsek) Forti, 1912 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Gephyria rodriguezi Azpeitia, 1911 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Gephyria telfairiae Walker-Arnott, 1858 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Gephyria gigantea Greville, 1866 accepted as Entopyla australis var. gigantea (Greville) Fricke, 1902 accepted as Gephyria gigantea f. gigantea Greville, 1866 (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Walker-Arnott, G.A. (Arnott, G.A.W.) (1858). On Arachnoidiscus. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London, 6: 159-165 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Gephyria G.A.W. Arnott, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248085 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-11-21 07:49:37Z

created

Vandepitte, Leen

2017-02-23 10:36:53Z

changed

Kociolek, John Patrick

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original description Walker-Arnott, G.A. (Arnott, G.A.W.) (1858). On Arachnoidiscus. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London, 6: 159-165 [details]

basis of record 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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