Navicula gregaria Donkin
Publication details
Navicula gregaria Donkin 1861: 10, pl. 1: fig. 10
Original publication: Donkin, A.S. (1861). On the marine Diatomaceae of Northumberland with a description of several new species. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, New Series 1: 1-15, pl. I.
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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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Schizonema gregarium (Donkin) Kuntze 1898
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula gregalis Cholnoky 1963
General environment
This is a Ubiquitous species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Lectotype locality: Chibburn Mouth (Silva 1996-to date). Lectotype: BM 11987 (Silva 1996-to date Notes: Syntypes: Chibburn mouth, Druridge Bay; Lyne Mouth; Blyth Harbour; Tynemouth, Northumberland. Lectotype fide E.G. Cox (INA).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula gregaria Donkin)
Arctic: Ellesmere Island (Michelutti et al. 2013).
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Denmark (Ettl & Gärtner 1995), Finland (Weckstrom & Juggins 2006), France (Méléder et al. 2007 
, Anon. 2012), Germany (Ettl & Gärtner 1995), Poland (Zelazna-Wieczorek 2011), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982, Aboal, Marín & Zafra 2003, Marín-Murcia & Aboal 2004, Zafra & Aboal 2004, Pérez, Maidana & Comas 2009), Sweden (Busse & Snoeijs 2003, Ulanova, Busse, Snoeijs 2009, Van de Vijver, Jarlman & Lange-Bertalot 2010).
Atlantic Islands: Iceland (Ettl & Gärtner 1995).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1966).
South-west Asia: Iran (Afsharzadeh et al. 2003).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012), Queensland (Day et al. 1995, Bostock & Holland 2010), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).
Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Ile de la Possession (Van de Vijver et al. 2011), James Ross Island (Van de Vijver et al. 2011).
Nomenclatural notes
1861: 10. pl. I fig. 9 (INA). - (8 Jun 2011) - Wendy Guiry
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.
Bérard-Therriault, L., Poulin, M. & Bossé, L. (1999). Guide d'identification du phytoplancton marin de l'estuaire et du Golfe du Saint-Laurent incluant également certains protozoaires. Publication Spéciale Canadienne des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques 128: 1-387.
Busse, S. & Snoeijs, P. (2003). Gradient responses of diatom communities in the Bothnian Sea (northern Baltic Sea), with emphasis on responses to water movement. Phycologia 42: 451-464.
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.
Lange-Bertalot, H. (2001). Navicula sensu stricto. 10 Genera separated from Navicula sensu lato. Frustulia. Diatoms of Europe: diatoms of the European inland waters and comparable habitats. Vol. 2 pp. 1-526.: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag. K.G..
Van de Vijver, B., Zidarova, R., Sterken, M., Verleyen, E., de Haan, M., Vyverman, W., Hinz, F. & Sabbe, K. (2011). Revision of the genus Navicula s.s. (Bacillariophyceae) in inland waters of the Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic with the description of five new species. Phycologia 50(3): 281-297.
Weckstrom, K. & Juggins, S. (2006). Coastal diatom-environment relationships from the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Journal of Phycology 42: 21-35.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Navicula&species=gregaria
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=gregaria
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 08 June 2011 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 802 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Cox, E.J. (1995). Studies on the genus Navicula Bory. VII. The identity and typification of Navicula gregaria Donkin, N. cryptocephala Kütz. and related taxa. Diatom Research 10(1): 207-209.
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Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:85668
