Pinnularia divergens W.Smith
Publication details
Pinnularia divergens W.Smith 1853: 57; pl. 18: fig. 177
Original publication: Smith, W. (1853). A synopsis of the British Diatomaceae; with remarks on their structure, function and distribution; and instructions for collecting and preserving specimens. Vol. 1 pp. [v]-xxxiii, 1-89, 31 pls. London: John van Voorst.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pinnularia is Pinnularia viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Participle B (Latin), divergent, going different ways (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula divergens (W.Smith) Grunow 1860
Stauroptera divergens (W.Smith) O.Kirchner 1878
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Schizonema schweinfurthii Kuntze 1898
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Pinnularia divergens W.Smith)
Arctic: Ellesmere Island (Antoniades et al. 2005).
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1966).
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
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), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).
Source of synonymy
Krammer, K. (2000). Diatoms of Europe. Diatoms of the European Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. Volume 1. The genus Pinnularia. pp. 703, 217 Plates.: H. Lange-Bertalot (Ed.). ARG Gantner Verlag K.G.
Key references
Antoniades, D., Douglas, M.S.V. & Smol, J.P. (2005). Benthic diatom autecology and inference model development from the Canadian High Arctic Archipelago. Journal of Phycology 41: 30-45.
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.
Hustedt, F. (1930). Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae). In: Die Süsswasser - Flora Mitteleuropas. Heft. 10, 2. Aufl. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. vii + 466, 875 fig. Jena:
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Pinnularia&species=divergens
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=Pinnularia&Species=divergens
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 30 October 2012 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:85558
