Navicula menisculus Schumann

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

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Publication details
Navicula menisculus Schumann 1867: 56, pl. 2, fig. 32

Original publication: Schumann, J. (1867). Preussische diatomeen. Schr. K. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsberg 8: 37-68, Plates 1-3.

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.

Fossil
This is a fossil species seemingly without extant populations.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula peregrina var. menisculus (Schumann) Grunow 1880
Navicula peregrina var. menisculus (Schumann) A.Mayer 1912
Navicula meniscus var. menisculus (Schumann) Cleve-Euler 1922

General environment
This is a Marine/Freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula menisculus Schumann)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Poland (Zelazna-Wieczorek 2011), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas 1982, Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982, Aboal, Puig & Soler 1996, Aboal, Puig & Prefasi 1998, Cantoral-Uriza & Aboal 2008).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1966).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

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), Tasmania (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).

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.

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..

Saunders, K., Lane, C., Cook, S., McMinn, A. & Hallaegraeff, G.M. (2010). Benthic diatoms. In: Algae of Australia. Phytoplankton of temperate waters . (Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J.S., Hill, D.R.A., Jameson, I, LeRoi, J.-M., McMinn, A., Murray, S., de Salas, M.F. & Saunders, K. Eds), pp. 83-144. Canberra & Melbourne: ABRS; CSIRO Publishing.

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

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=menisculus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 24 August 2010 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 552 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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:85640