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Pinnularia didyma Ehrenberg

Publication details
Pinnularia didyma Ehrenberg 1844: 85

Original publication: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1844). Mittheilung über 2 neue lager von Gebirgsmassen aus infusorien als Meeres-Absatz in Nord Amerika und eine vergleichung derselben mit den organischen Kreide-Ge-bilden in Europa und Afrika. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung Geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie Der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1844: 57-97.

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 Diploneis didyma (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg

Basionym
Navicula didymus Ehrenberg

Type information
Type locality: Italy: Caltanisetta, Italy (fossil); Germany: Cuxhaven and Wismar (living) (Silva 1996-to date).

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

General environment
This is a Marine/Freshwater species.

Taxonomic notes
P. didyma Ehrenberg 1844 [no location given] is cited in INA as "image". Pinnularia didymus ('didyma) (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg 1843. Basionym: see Navicula didymus Ehrenberg 1840 [basionym not cited; with Latin description in Ber. Konigl. Akad. Wiss Berlin 1844: 85] (INA). - (12 Jan 2011) - Wendy Guiry

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.

Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

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

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=didyma

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 07 October 2011 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:102683

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