Puncticulata H.Håkansson, 2002
Holotype species: Puncticulata comta (Kützing) Hakansson
Publication details: Håkansson, 2002: 112
Currently accepted name for the type species: Cyclotella comta Kützing
Original publication and holotype designation: Håkansson, H. (2002). A compilation and evaluation of species in the genera ["general"] Stephanodiscus, Cyclostephanos and Cyclotella with a new genus in the family Stephanodiscaceae. Diatom Research 17(1): 1-139, 487 figs.
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Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cyclotella.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Nakov, T., Guillory, W.X., Julius, M.L., Theriot, E.C. & Alverson, A.J. (2015). Towards a phylogenetic classification of species belonging to the diatom genus Cyclotella (Bacillariophyceae): Transfer of species formerly placed in Puncticulata, Handmannia, Pliocaenicus and Cyclotella to the genus Lindavia. Phytotaxa 217(3): 249-264.
Taxonomic note
Thalassiosiraceae (Fourtanier & Kociolek, 2003). - (21 December 2018) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 July 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2025
