Fragilaria vaucheriae var. capitellata (Grunow) R.Ross 1947
Publication Details
Fragilaria vaucheriae var. capitellata (Grunow) R.Ross 1947: 184
Published in: Ross, R. (1947). Freshwater Diatomeae (Bacillariophyta). In: Botany of the Canadian Eastern Arctic. Pt. II: Thallophyta and Bryophyta (Polunin, N. ed.). National Museum of Canada Bulletin 97: 178-233, 3 pl..
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fragilaria is Fragilaria pectinalis (O.F.Müller) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Fragilaria recapitellata Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin.
Basionym
Synedra capitellata Grunow
Type Information
Type locality: Switzerland: Zurich (fide Tuji & Williams, 2009: 139); (INA 1996) Lectotype: Pl. XL: fig. 26 (fide Tuji & Williams, 2009: 139): BM 101302 (fide Tuji & Williams, 2009: 139) (epitype) (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
, resembling, or growing on or in species of the genus Vaucheria
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 September 2023
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Taxonomic note
Combination also proposed by Cleve-Euler 1953:43, fig. 353g, with the same Basionym. - (01 December 2021) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025
