Palmerina
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Coscinodiscales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Coscinodiscaceae
Genus: Palmerina
Species: P. capillaris – P. hardmaniana – P. ostenfeldii
Name
Palmerina G.R.Hasle, 1996 nom. nov.
- Type species: Palmerina hardmaniana (Greville) G.R.Hasle
Synonyms
- Replaced synonym
- Palmeria Greville, (1865): 1, nom. illeg. (junior homonym of Palmeria F.Muell. 1864)
- Type species: Palmeria hardmaniana Greville
- Palmeria Greville, (1865): 1, nom. illeg. (junior homonym of Palmeria F.Muell. 1864)
Etymology: Named after a British naval surgeon, John Linton Palmer (1824-1903), who collected diatoms in Hong Kong Harbour while aboard H.M.S. Melville, and provided samples to Greville (read about Linton Palmer's travels in Driver, 2020).
References
Primary references
- Greville, R.K. 1865. Descriptions of new genera and species of Diatoms from Hong Kong, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 3 (91): 1–7. BHL Reference page.
- Hasle, G.R. 1996 '1995'. Nomenclatural notes on Palmerina nom. nov.: Pseudo-nitzschia turgiduloides sp. nov. Diatom Research 10(2): 357–358. Reference page.
- Williams, D.M. 2025. Notes on the type specimens of Palmerina hardmaniana (Greville) Hasle [= Palmeria hardmaniana Greville], with comments on its relationships, other species in the genus, and the long history of synapomorphy. Diatom Research 40(3): 189–202. doi:10.1080/0269249X.2025.2504346.Reference page.
Additional references
- Driver, F. 2020. Material memories of travel: the albums of a Victorian naval surgeon. Journal of Historical Geography 69: 32–54.Reference page.