Pinnularia major (Kützing) Rabenhorst
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Naviculales
Family Pinnulariaceae
Genus Pinnularia
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250x__Dim. 45 x 295 µm. 30 Oct 2012. Robert Lavigne. © Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com).
Publication details
Pinnularia major (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1853: 42, pl. 6: fig. 5
Original publication: Rabenhorst, L. (1853). Die Süsswasser-Diatomaceen (Bacillarien.): für Freunde der Mikroskopie. pp. i-xii, 1-72. Leipzig: Eduard Kummer.
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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.
Basionym
Frustulia major Kützing
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), great.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Frustulia major Kützing 1833
Navicula major (Kützing) Ehrenberg 1838
Navicula major (Kützing) Kützing 1844
Schizonema majus (Kützing) Kuntze 1898
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
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).
(as Pinnularia major (Kützing) Rabenhorst)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982).
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
South-west Asia: Pakistan (Ghazala & Shakil 2010).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Northern Territory (Day et al. 1995), Tasmania (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).
Key references
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.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Pinnularia&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=Pinnularia&Species=major
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 29 October 2012 by Robert Lavigne
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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 18 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:89045
