Cymbella problematica VanLandingham 1969
Publication Details
Cymbella problematica VanLandingham 1969: 1215, 1223
Published in: VanLandingham, S.L. (1969). Catalogue of the fossil and recent genera and species of diatoms and their synonyms. Part III Coscinophaena through Fibula. . pp. [i-viii], 1087-1756, 1 figure. Lehre: Verlag von J. Cramer.
Publication date: "29.8.1969"
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cymbella is Cymbella cymbiformis C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cymbopleura problematica (Van Landingham) Krammer.
Source of Synonymy
Krammer, K. (2003). Cymbopleura, Delicata, Navicymbula, Gomphocymbellopsis, Afrocymbella. In: Diatoms of Europe, Diatoms of the European Inland waters and comparable habitats. Vol. 4. (Lange-Bertalot, H. Eds), pp. 1-529. Rugell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G..
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 August 2024
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Nomenclatural note
New name for Cymbella navicula Skvortzow, 1937, nom. illeg. not Cymbella navicula (Ehrenberg) Ralfs in Pritchard, 1861. - (11 December 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 July 2025