arrayname: original
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Stephanocha):
This taxon: 6-sided with robust apical ring
Taxonomy:
Catalog entries: <. speculum Ehrenberg 1837 [no catalog entry yet]
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Stephanocha):
This taxon: 6-sided with robust apical ring
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: present in the plankton
First occurrence (base): within Oligocene Epoch (23.03-33.89Ma, base in Rupelian stage). Data source: Perch-Nielsen 1985
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1837). Eine briefliche Nachricht des Hrn. Agassiz in Neuchatel über den ebenfalls aus mikroskopischen Kiesel-Organismen gebildeten Polirschiefer von Oran in Afrika, Berlin, Ber. Verh. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss, pp. 59-61. Bericht uber die zu Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 59-61. gs Jordan, R. W. & McCartney, K. (2015). Stephanocha nom. nov., a replacement name for the illegitimate silicoflagellate genus Distephanus (Dictyochophyceae). Phytotaxa. 201(3): 177-187. gs Perch-Nielsen, K. (1985). Silicoflagellates. In, Bolli, H. M., Saunders, J. B. & Perch-Nielsen, K. (eds) Plankton Stratigraphy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2): 811-846. gs Missing or ambiguous references: Haeckel 1887; References:
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Stephanocha speculum compiled by Jeremy R. Young viewed: 17-4-2025
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Comments (4)
Here is a link to Ehrenberg 1837 (pp 59-61): https://download.digitale-sammlungen.de/pdf/17437768418888bsb10533186.pdf
ref. Ehrenberg, C. G. (1837): Eine briefliche Nachricht des Hrn. Agassiz in Neuchatel über den ebenfalls aus mikroskopischen Kiesel-Organismen gebildeten Polirschiefer von Oran in Afrika, Berlin, Ber. Verh. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss, pp. 59-61.
Thank you Ines. I have added that to the bibliography and will upload the PDF shortly, also good to know that journal is now accessible
Jeremy
I'm so happy to see that silicoflagellate taxonomy is finally going to be done correctly.
Nice work and best wishes to authors.