Pinnularia dactylus Ehrenberg

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. 46 x 315 µm. 30 Oct 2012. Robert Lavigne. © Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com).

Pinnularia dactylus Ehrenberg 250x__Dim. 46 x 315 µm

Publication details
Pinnularia dactylus Ehrenberg 1843: 420 (132) pl. 4/1: fig. 3

Original publication: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd-und Nord-Amerika. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 291-466, pls 1-4.

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.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula dactylus (Ehrenberg) Kützing 1844
Navicula nobilis var. dactylus (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 1885
Schizonema dactylus (Ehrenberg) Kuntze 1898

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

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

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).

(as Navicula nobilis var. dactylus (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck)
Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Day et al. 1995).

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:

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

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=dactylus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 29 October 2012 by Robert Lavigne

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 525 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=34155

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:84450