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WoRMS taxon details

Cresswellia Arnott ex R.K. Greville in W. Gregory, 1857

AphiaID

163439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:163439)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Bacillariophycidae incertae sedis

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Species Cresswellia superba Greville, 1861
Species Cresswellia barbadensis Greville, 1865 accepted as Eupyxidicula barbadensis (Grev.) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Cresswellia ferox Greville, 1859 accepted as Eupyxidicula ferox (Grev.) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Cresswellia palmeriana Greville, 1865 accepted as Eupyxidicula palmeriana (Grev.) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Cresswellia turris Greville in Gregory, 1857 accepted as Eupyxidicula turris (Grev. & Arn.) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel, 2016 (uncertain > unassessed, basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gregory, W. (1857). On new forms of marine Diatomaceae found in the Firth of Clyde and in Loch Fyne, illustrated by numerous figures drawn by K.K. Greville, LL. D., F. R. S. E. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 21: 473-542, pls. 9-14. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Cresswellia Arnott ex R.K. Greville in W. Gregory, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=163439 on 2026-01-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2005-07-06 10:45:32Z

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Espinel, Nadjejda

2017-02-23 10:36:53Z

changed

Kociolek, John Patrick

2017-03-06 10:34:27Z

changed

Kociolek, John Patrick

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Nomenclature

original description Gregory, W. (1857). On new forms of marine Diatomaceae found in the Firth of Clyde and in Loch Fyne, illustrated by numerous figures drawn by K.K. Greville, LL. D., F. R. S. E. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 21: 473-542, pls. 9-14. [details]

basis of record 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

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Other

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 Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]

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