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Navicula aestuarii Brébisson ex Kützing

Publication details
Navicula aestuarii Brébisson ex Kützing 1849: 890

Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
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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 Pleurosigma aestuarii (Brébisson ex Kützing) W.Smith

Origin of species name
Noun (singular possessive) (Latin), of the tide land(s).

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

General environment
This is a Brackish species.

Source of synonymy
Hendey, N.I. (1964). An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part V: Bacillariophyceae (diatoms). Vol. Ser. IV (part 5) pp. xxii + 317. Gt. Britain: Minist. Agric. Fish. Food, Fish Invest..

Key references
Patrick, R. & Reimer, C.W. (1966). The diatoms of the United States exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii. Volume 1: Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae, Achnanthaceae, Naviculaceae. pp. 688. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences.

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

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=aestuarii

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 24 September 2011 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 198 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
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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 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:102166

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