Roperia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coscinodiscales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Heterokonta
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Subphylum: Bacillariophytina
Classis: Bacillariophyceae
Subclassis: Coscinodiscophycidae
Superordo: Coscinodiscanae
Ordo: Coscinodiscales

Familia: Hemidiscaceae
Genus: Roperia
Species: R. tesselata

Name

Roperia Grunow ex Pelletan, 1889

Type species: Roperia tesselata (Roper, 1858) Grunow ex Pelletan, 1889

Etymology: Named after the English diatomist, Freeman Clarke Samuel Roper (1819-1896).

References

  • Roper, F.C.S. 1858. Notes on some new species and varieties of British marine Diatomaceae. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London 6: 17–25. Reference page. 
  • Pelletan, J. 1889. Les Diatomées. Histoire naturelle, préparation, classification et description des principales espèces. Part II. Journal de Micrographie 1889: 1–364.  Reference page. 
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