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Melosira polymorpha H.Bethge

647776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:647776)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Heterokontophyta (Phylum)
  4. Bacillariophytina (Subphylum)
  5. Bacillariophyceae (Class)
  6. Coscinodiscophycidae (Subclass)
  7. Coscinodiscanae (Superorder)
  8. Melosirales (Order)
  9. Melosiraceae (Family)
  10. Melosira (Genus)
  11. Melosira polymorpha (Species)
uncertain > unassessed
Gaillonella italica Ehrenberg, 1838
Species
Melosira C.A. Agardh, 1824

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  1. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. alpha Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  2. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. alpha (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  3. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. alpha (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira granulata var. alpha Otto Müller, 1903 (uncertain > unassessed)
  4. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. alpha Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  5. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. alpha Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  6. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. alpha Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  7. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. ambigua (Grunow in Van Heurck) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  8. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. beta Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  9. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. beta (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  10. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. beta (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  11. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. beta Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  12. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. beta Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  13. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. beta (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira granulata var. beta Otto Müller, 1903 (uncertain > unassessed)
  14. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. crenulata (Ehrenberg) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Gaillonella crenulata var. crenulata Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
  15. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. gamma Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  16. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. gamma (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  17. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. gamma (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  18. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. gamma Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  19. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. gamma Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  20. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. gamma (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira granulata var. gamma Otto Müller, 1903 (uncertain > unassessed)
  21. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. goetzeana (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira goetzeana f. goetzeana Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  22. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. ikapoensis (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira ikapoensis var. ikapoensis Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  23. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. lacustris (Grunow) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira lyrata f. lacustris Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
  24. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. minor (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira ikapoensis var. minor Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  25. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. nyassensis (Otto Muller; Otto Muller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira nyassensis var. nyassensis Otto Müller, 1903 (uncertain > unassessed)
  26. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. peregrina (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira nyassensis f. peregrina Otto Muller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  27. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. plicatella (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira italica var. plicatella Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  28. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. procera (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  29. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. procera (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira ikapoensis var. procera Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  30. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. pyxis (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira pyxis f. pyxis Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  31. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. sulcata (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira pyxis var. sulcata Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  32. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. tenuis (Kützing) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira tenuis var. tenuis Kützing, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
  33. Forma Melosira polymorpha f. tubulosa (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira goetzeana f. goetzeana Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  34. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. africana (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira distans var. africana O.Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  35. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. alpigena (Grunow in Van Heurck) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  36. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. argus (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira argus f. argus Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  37. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. baikalensis Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  38. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. distans (Ehrenberg) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Gaillonella distans Ehrenberg, 1837 (uncertain > unassessed)
  39. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. granulata (Ehrenberg) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Gaillonella granulata var. granulata Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
  40. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. helvetica (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  41. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. herzogii (Lemmermann) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira herzogii var. herzogii Lemmermann, 1910 (uncertain > unassessed)
  42. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. islandica (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  43. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. kondeensis (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira kondeensis Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  44. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. limnetica (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira distans var. limnetica Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  45. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. lirata (Ehrenberg) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  46. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. magnusii (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira magnusii Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  47. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. mbasiensis (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira mbasiensis Otto Müller, 1904 (uncertain > unassessed)
  48. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. muzzanensis (Meister) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira muzzanensis Meister, 1912 (uncertain > unassessed)
  49. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. nivalis (W. Smith) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira nivalis W.Smith, 1855 (uncertain > unassessed)
  50. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. pfaffiana (Reinsch) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira pfaffiana Reinsch, 1867 (uncertain > unassessed)
  51. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. polymorpha Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  52. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. seriata (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira lirata var. seriata Otto Müller, 1898 (uncertain > unassessed)
  53. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. solida (Eulenstein manuscript, Grunow) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira solida var. solida Eulenstein in Grunow in Van Heurck, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
  54. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. subarctica (Otto Müller) Bethge, 1925 (uncertain > unassessed)
  55. Variety Melosira polymorpha var. valida (Grunow in Van Heurck) Bethge, 1925 accepted as Melosira crenulata var. valida Grunow, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
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(of Gaillonella italica Ehrenberg, 1838) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben de Natur. Verlag von Leopold Voss, Leipzig, pp. 1-xvii, 1-548, pls. 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58475
page(s): p. 171; pl. 10, fig. 6 [details] 
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 polymorpha H.Bethge. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=647776 on 2026-09-11
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original description (of Gaillonella italica Ehrenberg, 1838) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben de Natur. Verlag von Leopold Voss, Leipzig, pp. 1-xvii, 1-548, pls. 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58475
page(s): p. 171; pl. 10, fig. 6 [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] 

new combination reference Bethge, H. (1925). Melosira und ihre Planktonbegleiter. <em>Pflanzenforschung.</em> 3: 1-80, 3 pls.
page(s): p. 36; pl. 2, fig. 17-18 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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