Pinnularia flexuosa Cleve

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

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Publication details
Pinnularia flexuosa Cleve 1895: 93; pl.1, fig.23

Original publication: Cleve, P.T. (1895). Synopsis of the naviculoid diatoms. Part 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsak Akademiens Handlingar 27(3): 1-219, 4 pls.
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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.

Fossil
This is a fossil species seemingly without extant populations.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), zigzag, bent alternately in opposite directions (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Schizonema flexuosum (Cleve) Kuntze 1898
Navicula flexuosa (Cleve) Peragallo 1903

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Pinnularia flexuosa Cleve)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003).

North America: United States of America (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.

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

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=flexuosa

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 16 May 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 385 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=34169

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: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:84442