Caloneis ventricosa (Ehrenberg) F.Meister

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

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Publication details
Caloneis ventricosa (Ehrenberg) F.Meister 1912: 116; pl. 17: fig. 4

Original publication: Meister, F. (1912). Die Kieselalgen der Schweiz. Beitrage zur Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz. Matériaux pour la flore cryptogamique suisse. Vol. IV, fasc. 1.. pp. 1-254, pls I-XLVIII. Bern: K.J. Wyss.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Caloneis is Caloneis amphisbaena (Bory de Saint Vincent) Cleve.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Navicula ventricosa Ehrenberg

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula ventricosa Ehrenberg 1830
Navicula limosa var. ventricosa (Ehrenberg) Grunow 1880
Caloneis silicula var. ventricosa (Ehrenberg) (Donkin) Cleve 1894
Schizonema ventricosum (Ehrenberg) Kuntze 1898
Caloneis silicula subsp. ventricosa (Ehrenberg) Mayer 1913
Navicula silicula var. ventricosa (Ehrenberg) Frenguelli 1923

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula leptogongyla Ehrenberg 1843
Navicula viridis var. leptogongyla (Ehrenberg; Grunow) Fricke 1902
Pinnularia major (maior) var. leptogongyla (Ehrenberg) Ant.Mayer 1913
Navicula major var. leptogongyla (Ehrenberg; Mayer) F.W.Mills 1934

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caloneis silicula var. ventricosa (Ehrenberg) (Donkin) Cleve)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).

(as Caloneis ventricosa (Ehrenberg) F.Meister)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982, Aboal 1988a, Aboal 1989).

North America: United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1966).

South-west Asia: Pakistan (Husna et al. 2007).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

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
Ackland, J.C., West, J.A. & Pickett-Heaps, J. (2007). Actin and myosin regulate pseudopodia of Porphyra pulchella (Rhodophyta) archeospores. Journal of Phycology 43: 129-138.

Ettl, H. & Gärtner, G. (1995). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen. pp. i-vii, 1-721. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.

Husna, R. Zarina, A., Masud-ul-Hasan & Shameel, M. (2007). Taxonomic study of some diatoms from Lahore, Pakistan. International Journal of Phycology and Phycochemistry, Vol. 3 (1) pp. 55-64.

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=Caloneis&species=ventricosa

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=Caloneis&Species=ventricosa

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 October 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 362 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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 22 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:111682