Pinnularia lunata K.Krammer & Lange-Bertalot

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Naviculales
Family Pinnulariaceae
Genus Pinnularia

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Publication details
Pinnularia lunata K.Krammer & Lange-Bertalot in H. Lange-Bertalot & S.I. Genkal 1999: 86, fig.52b:4-7

Original publication: Lange-Bertalot, H. & Genkal, S.I. (1999). Diatomeen aus Siberien. I. Insel im Arktischen Ozean (Yugorsky-Shar Strait) [Diatoms from Siberia I - Islands in the Arctic Ocean (Yugorsky-Shar Strait)]. In: Iconographia Diatomologica. Annotated Diatom Micrographs. Vol.6. Phytogeography-Diversity-Taxonomy. (Lange-Bertalot, H. Eds), pp. 1-303, 74 pl. Königstein: Koeltz Scientific Books.

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

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), crescent-shaped (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Source of synonymy
Krammer, K. (2000). Diatoms of Europe. Diatoms of the European Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. Volume 1. The genus Pinnularia. pp. 703, 217 Plates.: H. Lange-Bertalot (Ed.). ARG Gantner Verlag K.G.

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

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=lunata

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 28 April 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 218 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=46514

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 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:81280