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Pinnularia ovalis Hilse

Publication details
Pinnularia ovalis Hilse 1860: 82

Original publication: Hilse, W. (1860). Beitrage zur Algen- und Diatomeen-Kunde Schlesiens, insbesondere Strehlens. Jahresbericht des Akademischen Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Breslau 1860: 75-86.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pinnularia is Pinnularia viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Diploneis ovalis (Hilse) Cleve

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), oval, elliptical, i.e., broadest at the middle, the sides curved and length:breadth generally 2:1 (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a Marine/Freshwater species.

Key references
Aboal, M., Alvarez Cobelas, M., Cambra, J. & Ector, L. (2003). Floristic list of non-marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. Updated taxonomy and bibliography. Diat. Monogr. 4: 1-639.

Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Pinnularia&species=ovalis

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Pinnularia&Species=ovalis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 22 January 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Verified by: 30 November 2011 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 168 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:105787

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