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Melosira distans
(Grunow in Van Heurck) Skabichevskii, 1960
AphiaID
966853
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:966853)
Classification
Biota
Chromista
(Kingdom)
Heterokontophyta
(Phylum)
Bacillariophytina
(Subphylum)
Bacillariophyceae
(Class)
Coscinodiscophycidae
(Subclass)
Coscinodiscanae
(Superorder)
Melosirales
(Order)
Melosiraceae
(Family)
Melosira
(Genus)
Melosira distans
(Species)
Status
uncertain >
unassessed
Accepted name
Melosira distans f. alpigena
Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882
Rank
Species
Parent
Melosira
C.A. Agardh, 1824
Original name
Melosira distans f. alpigena
Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882
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Forma
Melosira distans f. alpigena
Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. clinostriata
Cleve-Euler, 1951
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. clinostriata
Cleve-Euler, 1951
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. curvata
Jousé, 1952
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. distans
(Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1844
accepted as
Gaillonella distans
Ehrenberg, 1837
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. humilis
Cleve-Euler, 1939
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. minor
Manguin, 1949
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. minor
Manguin, 1949
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. pfaffiana
(Reinsch) Skabichevskii, 1960
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. tenuis
Otto Müller, 1904
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. validior
Cleve-Euler, 1951
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Forma
Melosira distans f. validior
Cleve-Euler, 1951
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. biseriata
(Grunow in Van Heurck)
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. decipiens
(Grove in Schmidt et al.) Cleve-Euler, 1951
accepted as
Melosira decipiens
Grove in Schmidt et al., 1893
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. exigua
(Cleve-Euler) Cleve-Euler, 1934
accepted as
Melosira lyrata var. exigua
Cleve-Euler, 1922
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. genuina
Kirchner, 1878
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. genuina
Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. gracilis
Tynni, 1994
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. hyalina
Skvortzov, 1975
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. laevissima
Lemmermann, 1903
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. laevissima
Lemmermann, 1902
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. ovata
Iwahashi, 1935
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. robusta
Manguin, 1949
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. scala
(Ehrenberg) Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882
accepted as
Gaillonella scala
Ehrenberg, 1854
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. seriata
(Otto Müller)
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Variety
Melosira distans var. valida
(Grunow in Van Heurck) F.W. Mills, 1934
accepted as
Melosira crenulata var. valida
Grunow, 1882
(
uncertain
>
unassessed
)
Original description
(of
Melosira distans f. alpigena
Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882
)
Van Heurck, H. (1880). Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique. Atlas. <em>Ducaju & Cie., Anvers.</em>
page(s): pl. 86, fig. 28-29
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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.
Melosira distans
(Grunow in Van Heurck) Skabichevskii, 1960. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=966853 on 2026-07-11
Taxonomic edit history
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2017-03-08 09:32:17Z
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2017-03-16 12:51:51Z
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Sources (4)
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original description
(of
Melosira distans f. alpigena
Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882
)
Van Heurck, H. (1880). Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique. Atlas. <em>Ducaju & Cie., Anvers.</em>
page(s): pl. 86, fig. 28-29
[details]
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre.
,
available online at
https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/
[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]
new combination reference
Skabichevskii, A.P. (1960). Planktonnye diatomovye vodorosli presnykh vod S.S.S.R. (Freshwater planktonic diatoms of the U.S.S.R.). Moskovskoe obshchestvo ispytatelei prirody. Otdelbiologicheskii, 2(19): 318-320.
page(s): p. 124
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