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Pinnularia directa W.Smith

Publication details
Pinnularia directa W.Smith 1853: 56, pl. 18, fig. 172

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pinnularia is Pinnularia viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Navicula directa (W.Smith) Ralfs

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

Type information
Type locality: coast of Sussex, Great Britain (Hendey 1964: 202). Type: BM 23558 (Hendey 1964: 202).

Source of synonymy
Hasle, G.R. & Syvertsen, E.E. (1996). Marine diatoms. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 5-385. San Diego: Academic Press.

Key references
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=Pinnularia&species=directa

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=Pinnularia&Species=directa

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 02 March 2005 by M.D. Guiry

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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 May 2013.

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

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