Navicula capitata (Ehrenberg) R.Ross

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Naviculales
Family Naviculaceae
Genus Navicula

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Publication details
Navicula capitata (Ehrenberg) R.Ross 1947, v.97: 192

Original publication: Ross, R. (1947). Freshwater Diatomeae (Bacillariophyta). In Botany of the Canadian Eastern Arctic. Pt. II: Thallophyta and Bryophyta, ed. by N. Polunin. Nat. Mus. Can. Bull. 97: 178-233, 3 pl.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Navicula is Navicula tripunctata (O.F.Müller) Bory de Saint-Vincent.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin & Witkowski

Basionym
Navicula capitata Ehrenberg

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), with a knob-like head or tip (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a 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.

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

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=Navicula&Species=capitata

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 20 March 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Verified by: 03 June 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 191 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=134497

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.