Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin & Witkowski

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

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Publication details
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin & Witkowski 1996: 254, pl. 2: fig. 5; pl. 3; fig. 1; pl. 4; fig. 23

Original publication: Lange-Bertalot, H., Metzeltin, D. & Witkowski, A (1996). Hippodonta gen. nov. Umschreibung und Begründung einer neuer Gattung der Naviculaceae. Iconographia Diatomologica 4: 247-275.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Hippodonta is Hippodonta luneburgensis (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot, D.Metzeltin, & A.Witkowski.

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

Basionym
Navicula capitata Ehrenberg

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), with a knob-like head or tip (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula capitata Ehrenberg 1838
Navicula hungarica var. capitata (Ehrenberg) Cleve 1895
Schizonema capitatum (Ehrenberg) Kuntze 1898
Navicula capitata (Ehrenberg) R.Ross 1947
Navicula hungarica f. capitata (Ehrenberg) Hustedt 1957

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pinnularia capitata Ehrenberg 1848
Pinnularia digitus Ehrenberg 1854
Navicula digitus (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1861

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula capitata Ehrenberg)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Germany (Ettl & Gärtner 1995), Romania (Caraus 2002), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).

South-west Asia: Iran (Jamaloo et al.. 2006).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

(as Navicula hungarica var. capitata (Ehrenberg) Cleve)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

(as Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin & Witkowski)
Europe: Poland (Zelazna-Wieczorek 2011), Romania (Caraus 2012), Spain (Aboal, Puig & Prefasi 1998, Aboal, Marín & Zafra 2003, Ros, Marín-Murcia & Aboal 2009).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).

South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012), Queensland (Bostock & Holland 2010).

Source of synonymy
Lange-Bertalot, H. (2001). Navicula sensu stricto. 10 Genera separated from Navicula sensu lato. Frustulia. Diatoms of Europe: diatoms of the European inland waters and comparable habitats. Vol. 2 pp. 1-526.: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag. K.G..

Key references
Aboal, M., Alvarez Cobelas, M., Cambra, J. & Ector, L. (2003). Floristic list of non-marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. Updated taxonomy and bibliography. Diat. Monogr. 4: 1-639.

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

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=Hippodonta&Species=capitata

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 29 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 06 November 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 774 times since it was created.

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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 26 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:91910