Navicula placenta Ehrenberg

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 placenta Ehrenberg 1854: pl.33/12, fig.23 [as Navicula (Ceratoneis) placenta]

Original publication: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie; das erden und felsen schaffende Wirken des unsichtbar kleinen selbstständigen Lebens auf der Erde. pp. Atlas pls 1-40. Leipzig: Leopold Voss.

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 Decussata placenta (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin

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

General environment
This is a Freshwater/Terrestrial species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula placenta Ehrenberg)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Denmark (Ettl & Gärtner 1995), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982).

North America: United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1966).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

Source of synonymy
Hustedt, F. (1930). Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae). In: Die Süsswasser - Flora Mitteleuropas. Heft. 10, 2. Aufl. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. vii + 466, 875 fig. Jena:

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.

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..

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

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=placenta

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 27 June 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 409 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=33857

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 22 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.