Surirella

Surirella
Surirella spiralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Surirellales
Family: Surirellaceae
Genus: Surirella
Turpin, 1828,[1]
Species

about 325 (WoRMS lists 871),[2] including:

Surirella is a genus of diatoms in the family Surirellaceae.

The genus was circumscribed by Pierre Jean François Turpin in Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. vol.16 on page 361 in 1828.[1]

The genus name of Surirella is in honour of Jacques Simon Armand Suriray (1769–1846), who was a French doctor, naturalist and botanist (Algology), Zoologist, who worked in Le Havre.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Observations sur le nouveau genre Surirella. PJF Turpin, Mémoires du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle 16, pages 361-368, 1828
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Surirella P.J.F. Turpin, 1828". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. ^ Veselá, J.; Potapova, M. 2014: Surirella arctica comb. et stat. nov. (Bacillariophyta)—a rare arctic diatom. Phytotaxa 166(3), pages 222–234, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.166.3.3
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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