Pinnularia capitata Ehrenberg 1848

Publication Details
Pinnularia capitata Ehrenberg 1848: 18

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1848). Über 3 neue Infusorien-Biolithe der Braunkohle des mittleren Deutschlands bei Godesberg, Ostheim und Redwitz, entdeckt durch die Herren Nöggerath in Bonn, Eckhard in Marburg und Nauck in Berlin . Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1848: 8-17.

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

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

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 05 May 2012

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 May 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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