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Navicula flexuosa (Cleve) Peragallo

Publication details
Navicula flexuosa (Cleve) Peragallo 1903: 555

Original publication: Peragallo, M. (1903). Le Catalogue Général des Diatomées [issued in fascicles at various dates]. Vol. 2 pp. 472-973. Clermont-Ferrand.

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 Pinnularia flexuosa Cleve

Basionym
Pinnularia flexuosa Cleve

Fossil
This is a fossil species seemingly without extant populations.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), zigzag, bent alternately in opposite directions (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Key references
Krammer, K. (2000). Diatoms of Europe. Diatoms of the European Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. Volume 1. The genus Pinnularia. pp. 703, 217 Plates.: H. Lange-Bertalot (Ed.). ARG Gantner Verlag K.G.

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

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=flexuosa

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 09 January 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Verified by: 16 May 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 389 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=136307

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 19 June 2013.

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

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