Catalogue of Diatom Names

The Catalogue of Diatom Names is a relational database of diatom names and publications, compiled by staff at the California Academy of Sciences. It includes a table of genus names, a table of species and infraspecific taxa names, and a table of publications. We have recorded basic nomenclatural information for each name such as authorship, place and date of publication, and nomenclatural status. We have personally verified over 50% of the entries.

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Genus		Author
Publ. Year		Publication Number
Generitype		Designated by
Status	invalid nom. cons. nom. rej. nomen nudum subgenus valid valid/illegitimate valid/superfluous	Comments
Display Options	Multiple Pages	Brief Records
	Single Page	Full Records
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