DiatomBase
DiatomBase name details
Melosira distans (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1844
149250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149250)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
- Variety Melosira distans var. humilis Cleve-Euler, 1951
- Forma Melosira distans f. curvata Schimanski, 1973 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira distans f. lacustris (Grunow) Bethge accepted as Melosira lyrata f. lacustris Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira distans f. lirata (Ehrenberg) Otto Müller, 1904 accepted as Gaillonella lirata Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Melosira distans f. seriata O.Müller accepted as Melosira lirata var. seriata Otto Müller, 1898 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. africana O.Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. blelhamensis G.Evans, 1964 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. capensis Skvortzow, 1946 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. densepunctata Cleve-Euler, 1951 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. helvetica Hustedt, 1943 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. imbuta Jurilj, 1957 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. laevissima Grunow, 1882 accepted as Melosira laevissima Grunow, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. limnetica Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. lirata (Ehrenberg) VanLandingham, 1971 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. nivalis (W. Smith) Kirchner, 1878 accepted as Melosira nivalis W.Smith, 1855 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. nivaloides K.E.Camburn, 1986 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. perglabra (Østrup) E.G.Jorg., 1948 accepted as Melosira perglabra Østrup, 1910 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. pfaffiana (Reinsch) Grunow in Cleve & Moller, 1878 accepted as Melosira pfaffiana Reinsch, 1867 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. scalaris (Grunow) O.Müller, 1898 † accepted as Melosira scalaris Grunow, 1882 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. solida (Eulenstein manuscript, Grunow) F.W. Mills, 1934 accepted as Melosira solida var. solida Eulenstein in Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. tenella (Nygaard) M.-B.Florin, 1981 accepted as Melosira tenella Nygaard, 1956 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Melosira distans var. alpigena Grunow, 1882 accepted as Aulacoseira alpigena (Grunow) Krammer, 1991 (synonym)
marine, fresh
Not documented
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 (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149250 on 2026-06-30
context source (RAS)
ANTADATA, a database on biogeography of non marine algae in Continental Antarctica [details]
basis of record Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. <i>Studia Algologica Lovaniensia</i>, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
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]
additional source Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota.</em> 1: 155-186. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042235 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. <i>Studia Algologica Lovaniensia</i>, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
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]
additional source Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota.</em> 1: 155-186. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042235 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
