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Navicula maculosa Donkin

Publication details
Navicula maculosa Donkin 1871: 25; pl.5, fig.1

Original publication: Donkin, A.S. (1871). The Natural History of the British Diatomaceae. Part II. pp. 25-48, pls 5-8. London: John Van Voorst, 1 Paternoster Row..
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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 Aneumastus maculosus (Donkin) Lange-Bertalot

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), spotted.

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

General environment
This is a Marine/Freshwater species.

Type information
Type locality: Linemouth, Northumberland, Great Britain (Hendey 1964: 205). Type: BM 12148 (Hendey 1964: 205).

Source of synonymy
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.

Key references
Lange-Bertalot, H. (2001). Navicula sensu stricto. 10 Genera separated from Navicula sensu lato. Frustulia. Diatoms of Europe: diatoms of the European inland waters and comparable habitats. Vol. 2 pp. 1-526.: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag. K.G..

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

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=maculosa

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 05 July 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 273 times since it was created.

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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 18 June 2013.

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

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