Fallacia vittata var. rotoehuensis
(Foged) M.A.HarperSynonyms
Navicula vittata var. rotoehuensis Foged
Type slide
Freshwater, Lake Rotoehu, North Island, New Zealand. Foged Collection, New Zealand No. 594/1966, Natural History Museum, Denmark.
Institution holding the type material
Publication
Known distribution
North Island, New Zealand.
Etymology
From Lake Rotoehu.
Description
Differs from the type species by having broad-elliptical valves, 20-25 µm long, 12-13 µm wide, 18 striae in 10µm.
Description reproduced with kind permission of Koeltz Scientific Books
Notes
Material on the type slide was not able to be located; therefore no images are available.
Funding from TFBIS (Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System), administered by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, is gratefully acknowledged.
Reference
Foged N 1979. Diatoms in New Zealand, the North Island. A. R. Gantner Verlag KG, Vaduz. 130 p.