Petroneis granulata D.G.Mann, nom. illeg. 1990

Current name: Petroneis granulata D.G.Mann
Petroneis granulata (Bailey) - 10 October 2013. Wulf Herwig

Publication Details
Petroneis granulata D.G.Mann, nom. illeg. 1990: 674

Published in: Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. & Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms. Biology and morphology of the genera. pp. [i-ix], 1-747. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Petroneis is Petroneis humerosa (Brébisson ex W.Smith) Stickle & D.G.Mann.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type: Farlow Herbarium, Harvard; (Jones et al.: 62)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), granulate (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 29 October 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Oriignal proposal based on an illegitimate name, Navicula granulata Bailey, 1854, not Navicula granulata Ehrenberg, 1836. Treated as a new name, but as such is superfluous as the name Navicula baileyana Grunow 1874 was available. - (10 February 2016) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 October 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025