Pinnularia alpina W.Smith

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

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400x __Dim. 42 x 155 µm. 11 Aug 2011. Robert Lavigne. © Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com).

Pinnularia alpina W.Smith 400x __Dim. 42 x 155 µm

Publication details
Pinnularia alpina W.Smith 1853: 55; pl. 18, fig. 168

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
Adjective A (Latin), alpine, growing in the Alps or in the alpine zone of other mountains (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula alpina (W.Smith.) Grunow 1860
Schizonema alpìnum (W.Smith) Kuntze 1898

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Pinnularia alpina W.Smith)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982).

North America: Washington (Patrick & Reimer 1966).

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
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=alpina

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=alpina

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 01 November 2012 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:84469