Navicula acuminata (Kützing) Kützing 1844

Publication Details
Navicula acuminata (Kützing) Kützing 1844: 102, pl. 4: fig. 26; pl. 30: fig. 15

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.

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Publication date: 7-9 Nov 1844

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Navicula is Navicula tripunctata (O.F.Müller) Bory.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gyrosigma acuminatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst.

Basionym
Frustulia acuminata Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: süssen Wassern [sweet waters, presumably Germany]; (Kützing 1834: 555) Notes: G.C. 14188a, ANSP and BM 78084 (syntype) [Sterrenburg pers.comm.]

Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), acuminate, i.e. tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narrow point (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 November 2022

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