Cyclotella

Aug 29, 2022 - Recognition of Stephanocyclus

The content of the page (text and images) was revised to reflect the recognition of Stephanocyclus based on Kulikovskiy et al. (2022). - S. Spaulding

Aug 01, 2015 - Cyclotella sensu stricto

The content of the page (text and images) was revised to reflect the recognition of Lindavia based on Nakov et al. (2015).

• S. Spaulding

Oct 03, 2012 - Name of type species

The type of the genus Cyclotella is changed on this website from C. tecta (Kützing) Brébisson to C. distinguenda Hustedt based on the following:

In 1984, Håkansson and Ross recognized a nomenclatural problem and proposed that the name of the genus Cyclotella be conserved with Kützing's material of "Frustulia operculata (C. Agardh) sensu Kütz Taennstaedt 1834" as the type. Because the name Cyclotella operculata was based on Rhopalodia, Håkansson and Ross had to propose a new name for Kützing's "Frustulia operculata (C. Agardh) Kütz. sensu Taennstaedt 1834" and chose to recognize Kützing's taxon as a new species: Cyclotella tecta Håkansson et Ross (1984) sp. nov. This proposal was approved by the IAPT (Greuter et al. 1988)

Håkansson (1989) next decided to investigate the type material with LM and SEM of several taxa that seemed related to their new C. tecta. In her 1989 analysis, she determined that C. tecta was a later synomym for a taxon that Hustedt described in 1927 from Lunz, Cyclotella distinguenda, that is, C. distinguenda was identical to C. tecta and clearly C. distinguenda was an earlier and validly published name.

So with that background, what is the type species of Cyclotella? Does it remain C. tecta based on Håkansson and Ross (1984) proposal for conservation that was accepted, or does the generitype switch to C. distinguenda because it is the earlier published name for C. tecta?

We propose that the correct generitype for Cyclotella is thus C. distinguenda Hustedt 1927 based on:

Cyclotella (Kütz.) Bréb. , Brebisson, A. de. 1838. Considerations sur les Diatomees. 20 pp. Falaise, Paris.. (nom. cons.) Typus: Cyclotella tecta Hakannson et Ross (typ. cons.). Currently accepted name for the type species: Cyclotella distinguenda Hustedt 1927

Genus conserved and type designated in: Håkansson and Ross (1984)

• Mark Edlund