Navicula lyra Ehrenberg

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

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1000x __Dim. 50 x 125 µm. 08 Apr 2012. Robert Lavigne. © Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com).

Navicula lyra Ehrenberg 1000x __Dim. 50 x 125 µm

Publication details
Navicula lyra Ehrenberg 1843: 419(131); pl. 1(1), fig. 9a

Original publication: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd-und Nord-Amerika. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 291-466, pls 1-4.

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 Lyrella lyra (Ehrenberg) Karajeva

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

General environment
This is a Brackish species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula lyra Ehrenberg)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012).

North America: South Carolina (Plante et al. 2010), United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1966).

Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Day et al. 1995).

Taxonomic notes
Handey (1974: 290) records this species as a currently accepted name. Day et al. (1995: 38) record Naviculalyra f. typica H.Perag. & Perag. as being a currently accepted name.

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=lyra

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=lyra

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 22 December 2011 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 511 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=38893

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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 26 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:106079