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Diatoms of North America: Nomenclatural transfers within the Bacillariophyceae 1
Citation:
Edlund, M., S. Spaulding, I. Bishop, M. Potapova, S. Lee, P. Furey, AND E. Jovanovska. Diatoms of North America: Nomenclatural transfers within the Bacillariophyceae 1. Notulae Algarum. AlgaeBase, Galway, Ireland, 319:1-3, (2024).
Impact/Purpose:
Short taxonomic note to validly transfer diatom species to new genera and help biological monitoring programs have updated information on diatom taxonomy.
Description:
This is a short taxonomic note to publish new scientific name transfers of diatom species that are described in the web resource Diatoms of North America (diatoms.org). The publication allows for corrections to diatom taxonomy to become validly published and communicated to diatom data practitioners and users. The online diatom identification and ecological assessment guide, Diatoms of North America (https://diatoms.org), provides taxonomic, nomenclatural, and ecological information on over 1000 diatom species to date (Spaulding & al. 2021). In creating and maintaining species pages for the website and in supporting efforts to achieve taxonomic certification by the Society for Freshwater Science (https://freshwater-science.org/about/taxonomic-certification), issues have arisen regarding the identification, nomenclature, and systematic position (e.g. genus) of taxa. Here we propose several nomenclatural transfers necessitated by recent changes in the classification and phylogeny of diatoms (Ruck & al. 2016, Jahn & al. 2019, Wynne 2019).
