Bacillaria sigmoidea Nitzsch 1817
Current name:
Nitzschia sigmoidea (Nitzsch) W.Smith
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; pond, 1000x, DIC - 04 April 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Bacillaria sigmoidea Nitzsch 1817: 104, pl. VI [6]: figs 4-6
Published in: Nitzsch, C.L. (1817). Beitrag zur Infusorienkunde oder Naturbeschreibung der Zerkarien und Bazillarien. Neue Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 3(1): 1-128, 6 pls.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Bacillaria is Bacillaria paradoxa J.F.Gmelin.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nitzschia sigmoidea (Nitzsch) W.Smith.
Type Information
Type locality: [Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany];
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 December 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
