Navicula dilatata Ehrenberg 1843
Publication Details
Navicula dilatata Ehrenberg 1843: 418
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 291-445 + [1, Berichtigungen], + 4 pls.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Navicula is Navicula tripunctata (O.F.Müller) Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Neidium dilatatum (Ehrenberg) Cleve.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: U.S.A:: Massachusetts: Andover.; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype = Ehrenberg Sample no. 1771, fide Lefebvre & Hamilton, Phytotaxa 220(3), 2015: Prof. Bailey; ca 1842; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
(Latin), broadened, expanded, spread out, or widened
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 May 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
