Nitzschia pungens Grunow ex Cleve 1897

Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Grunow ex Cleve) Hasle

Current name: Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Grunow ex Cleve) Hasle
Plankton, C-24 canal, St. Lucie, Florida USA, Lugol specimens - 24 March 2023. tfrankov@fiu.edu

Publication Details
Nitzschia pungens Grunow ex Cleve 1897: 24, pl. 2: fig. 23

Published in: Cleve, P.T. (1897). A treatise on the phytoplankton of the Atlantic and its tributaries and on the periodical change of the plankton of Skagerak. pp. 1-28. Upsala: Upsala Nya Tidnings Aktiebolags Tryckeri.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitzschia is Nitzschia elongata Hassal.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Grunow ex Cleve) Hasle.

Type Information
Japan; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), sharp-pointed, pricking, piercing, terminating in a hard sharp point (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 October 2015

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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