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Diatom BM 0000522

Classification
Scientific name: Cymbella aequalis W.Sm.
Author: W.Sm.
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Cymbellales
Family: Cymbellaceae
Genus: Cymbella
Species: aequalis
Higher classification: Ochrophyta; Bacillariophyceae; Cymbellales; Cymbellaceae
Location
State province: Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Continent: Europe
Higher geography: Europe; United Kingdom; Scotland
Decimal latitude: 56.81569158
Decimal longitude: -4.166868688
Verbatim latitude: 56 48 56.489 N
Verbatim longitude: 004 10 00.7272 W
Coordinate uncertainty: 76651.21522m
Geodetic datum: WGS84
Georeference protocol: iCollections protocol
Collection event
Recorded by: Balfour
Record number: s.n.
Collection date: 8 / 1854
Identification
Type status: Type
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Cymbella lunata W.Sm. No
Cymbella aequalis W.Sm. Yes
Achnanthidium lanceolatum Bréb. ex Kütz. No
Specimen
Catalogue number: Diatom BM 0000522
Collection code: BOT ( Botany)
Sub department: Diatoms
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:4729813
Collection kind: Microscope Prep.
Zoology
Barcode: 013491940
Record
Occurrence ID: 352e7423-adbe-406f-aa86-140299b5499a
Modified: 2025-04-01T15:38:36+00:00
Created: 2007-09-27T11:11:02+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-09-27T11:11:02+00:00
Last updated 2025-04-01T15:38:36+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