Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Bacillariophycidae > Superorder Bacillariophycanae > Order Cymbellales > Family Cymbellaceae > Genus Didymosphenia

Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M.Schmidt, 1899

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unaccepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Didymosphenia*	M. Schmidt in A. Schmidt et al., 1899	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinella geminata*	Lyngbye, 1819	basionym

Literature

basis of record	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. No. 95: 210 pp.
additional source	Uyua, N. M.; Sala, S. E.; Santinelli, N. H.; Sastre, A. V.; Cortés, J. I.; Rogel, B.; De Carli, P. (2020). Valve morphology of Didymosphenia geminata (Bacillariophyceae) from Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego provinces, Patagonia, Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica. 55(4).
additional source	Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 66(3): 531-610.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Beltrami, M. E.; Cappelletti, C.; Ciutti, F. (2008). Didymosphenia geminata(Lyngbye) M. Schmidt (Bacillariophyta) in the Danube basin: New data from the Drava river (northern Italy). Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 142(1): 126-129.
additional source	Blanco, S.; Ector, L. (2009). Distribution, ecology and nuisance effects of the freshwater invasive diatom Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M. Schmidt: a literature review. Nova Hedwigia. 88(3): 347-422.
additional source	Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19.
additional source	Blanco, S.; Ector, L. (2013). The nomenclatural history of Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M. Schmidt in Schmidt et al. (Bacillariophyta) and related taxa. Acta Nova. 6(1): 157-164.
new combination reference	Antoine, S.E. & Benson-Evans, K. (1984). Morphological variation in six populations of Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M. Schmidt of Great Britain. Nova Hedwigia, 40: 141-156
new combination reference	Schmidt, A. (1899). Atlas der Diatomaceen-kunde. Leipzig. O.R. Reisland, Series V(Heft 54): pls. 213-216

Genbank

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. (2025). DiatomBase. Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M.Schmidt, 1899. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164022