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WoRMS taxon details

Hemidiscus G.C. Wallich, 1860

AphiaID

180366 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:180366)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hemidiscaceae Hendey, 1937 emend Simonsen, 1975

Direct children (6)

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Species Hemidiscus cuneiformis Wallich, 1860
Species Hemidiscus hardmanianus (Greville) Mann accepted as Palmeria hardmaniana Greville, 1865 accepted as Palmerina hardmaniana (Greville) G.R.Hasle, 1996 accepted as Palmeria hardmanniana Greville, 1865
Species Hemidiscus karstenii A.P.Jousé, 1965 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Hemidiscus ovalis (R.Gersonde) D.M.Harwood & T.Maruyama, 1992 accepted as Actinocyclus ingens var. ovalis R.Gersonde, 1990 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Hemidiscus triangularis D.M.Harwood & T.Maruyama accepted as Cosmiodiscus insignis var. triangulata A.P. Jousé, 1977 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Hemidiscus weissflogii (Grunow) Kuntze, 1898 accepted as Euodia weissflogii Grunow in Van Heurck, 1883 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Wallich, G.C. (1860). On the siliceous organisms found in the digestive cavities of the Salpae, and their relation to the Flint nodules of the Chalk Formation. Transactions of the Microscopical Society, New Series, London, 8: 36-55, pl. 2. [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. (2025). DiatomBase. Hemidiscus G.C. Wallich, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180366 on 2025-04-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-08-30 07:32:18Z

created

Aracina, Claudia

2017-02-23 10:36:53Z

changed

Kociolek, John Patrick

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Wallich, G.C. (1860). On the siliceous organisms found in the digestive cavities of the Salpae, and their relation to the Flint nodules of the Chalk Formation. Transactions of the Microscopical Society, New Series, London, 8: 36-55, pl. 2. [details]

basis of record 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. [details] Available for editors

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Other

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]