Navicula capitata Ehrenberg
Publication details
Navicula capitata Ehrenberg 1838: 185; pl. 13, fig. 20
Original publication: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen: ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. pp. i-xviii, [1-4], 1-547, [1]. Leipzig: Verlag von Leopold Voss.
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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
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.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula capitata Ehrenberg)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Germany (Ettl & Gärtner 1995), Romania (Caraus 2002), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).
South-west Asia: Iran (Jamaloo et al.. 2006).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Source of synonymy
Lange-Bertalot, H. and Metzeltin, D. (1996). Indicators of oligotrophy - 800 taxa representative of three ecologically distinct lake types, carbonate buffered - Oligodystrophic - weakly buffered soft water. In: Iconographia Diatomologica. Annotated Diatom Micrographs. Vol. 2. Ecology, Diversity, Taxonomy. (Lange-Bertalot, H. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 1-390. Königstein: Koeltz Scientific Books.
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.
Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995). Bibliographic check-list of non-marine algae in Australia. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 4: i-vii, 1-276.
Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1-1023. China: www.sciencep.com.
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=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
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 06 November 2012 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 646 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 19 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:108867
