Navicula amphora Ehrenberg

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

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Publication details
Navicula amphora Ehrenberg 1832: 80

Original publication: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1831: 1-154, pls I-IV.
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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 Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing

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

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Source of synonymy
Levkov, Z. (2009). Amphora sensu lato. In.: H. Lange-Bertalot (ed.), Diatoms of Europe: Diatoms of the European Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. Vol. 5 pp. 5-916.: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G.

Key references
Aboal, M., Alvarez Cobelas, M., Cambra, J. & Ector, L. (2003). Floristic list of non-marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. Updated taxonomy and bibliography. Diat. Monogr. 4: 1-639.

Hendey, N.I. (1974). A revised check-list of the British marine diatoms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 54: 277-300.

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

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=amphora

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 02 October 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 326 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Lee, S.H., Karawita, R., Affan, A., Lee, J.-B., Lee, K.-W., Lee, B.-J., Kim, D.W. & Jeon, Y.-J (2009). Potential of benthic diatoms Achnanthes longipes, Amphora coffeaeformis and Navicula sp. (Bacillariophyceae) as antioxidant sources. Algae 24(1): 47-55, 2 figs, 3 tables.

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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 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.