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Navicula major (Kützing) Ehrenberg

Publication details
Navicula major (Kützing) Ehrenberg 1838: 177

Original publication: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). [Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen.] Atlas. pp. pls I-LXIV. 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 Pinnularia major (Kützing) Rabenhorst

Basionym
Frustulia major Kützing

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), great.

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

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula major (Kützing) Ehrenberg)
Europe: France (Anon. 2012), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012).

Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

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

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=major

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 29 October 2012 by Robert Lavigne

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 152 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=31805

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Robert Lavigne in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:85644

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