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Diatom BM 0005018

Classification
Scientific name: Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (C.Agardh) Lange-Bert.
Author: (C.Agardh) Lange-Bert.
Phylum: Bacillariophyta
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Cymbellales
Family: Rhoicospheniaceae
Genus: Rhoicosphenia
Species: abbreviata
Higher classification: Bacillariophyta; Bacillariophyceae; Cymbellales; Rhoicospheniaceae
Location
Locality: Airthrey Castle
State province: Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Continent: Europe
Higher geography: Europe; United Kingdom; Scotland; Stirling
Decimal latitude: 56.1483
Decimal longitude: -3.9133
Verbatim latitude: 56 08 54 N
Verbatim longitude: 003 54 48 W
Georeference protocol: iCollections protocol
Collection event
Recorded by: William Gregory
Record number: 8
Collection date: 5 / 1855
Identification
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (C.Agardh) Lange-Bert. Yes
Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenb. No
Bacillariophyceae Haeckel No
Specimen
Catalogue number: Diatom BM 0005018
Collection code: BOT ( Botany)
Sub department: Diatoms
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:4746457
Collection kind: Microscope Prep.
Zoology
Barcode: 013496369
Record
Occurrence ID: 99c28a20-3345-4d3f-9695-fc88862cdade
Modified: 2023-10-20T19:49:12+00:00
Created: 2007-09-27T16:34:57+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-09-27T16:34:57+00:00
Last updated 2023-10-20T19:49:12+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb