Diploneis elliptica (Kützing) Cleve
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Naviculales
Family Diploneidaceae
Genus Diploneis
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Publication details
Diploneis elliptica (Kützing) Cleve 1894: 92
Original publication: Cleve, P.T. (1894). Synopsis of the naviculoid diatoms. Part I. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, series 4 26(2): 1-194, 5 pl.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Diploneis is Diploneis didyma (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Navicula elliptica Kützing
Origin of species name
Adjective A (Latin), elliptic, elliptical (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula elliptica Kützing 1844
Schizonema ellipticum (Kützing) Kuntze 1898
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula elliptica var. grandis Grunow 1882
Diploneis elliptica var. grandis (Grunow) Cleve 1894
General environment
This is a Marine/Freshwater species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula elliptica Kützing)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012).
Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Day et al. 1995).
(as Diploneis elliptica (Kützing) Cleve)
Europe: Britain (Ettl & Gärtner 1995, Whitton et al. 2003), Germany (Ettl & Gärtner 1995), Poland (Zelazna-Wieczorek 2011), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982, Aboal & Llimona 1984a, Aboal & Llimona 1984b, Aboal 1988a, Aboal 1989b, Aboal 1989, Aboal et al. 1994, Aboal, Puig & Soler 1996, Aboal, Puig & Prefasi 1998, Cantoral-Uriza & Aboal 2008).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1966).
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
South-west Asia: Iran (Jamaloo et al.. 2006).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012), Queensland (Bostock & Holland 2010).
Source of synonymy
Eberle, M.E.. (2008). Recent Diatoms reported from the Central United States: Register of Taxa and Synonyms. Hays, Kansas, USA: Departemen of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University. Latest electronic version: 5 December 2008.
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.
Hofmann, G., Werum, M. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (2013). Diatomeen im Süßwasser - Benthos von Mitteleuropa. Bestimmungsflora Kieselalgen für die ökologische Praxis. Über 700 der häufigsten Arten und ihre Ökologie. pp. [1]-908, 133 pls. Königstein: Koeltz Scientific Books.
Hustedt, F. (1930). Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae). In: Die Süsswasser - Flora Mitteleuropas. Heft. 10, 2. Aufl. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. vii + 466, 875 fig. Jena:
Patrick, R. & Reimer, C.W. (1966). The diatoms of the United States exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii. Volume 1: Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae, Achnanthaceae, Naviculaceae. pp. 688. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Diploneis&species=elliptica
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=Diploneis&Species=elliptica
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 February 2013 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 841 times since it was created.
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:85970
