Nitzschiella longissima (Brébisson ex Kützing) Rabenhorst 1864
Current name:
Nitzschia longissima (Brébisson ex Kützing) Grunow
Estepona, Malaga province, Spain; Imaged with a Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 75 µm length and 8 µm width, stacked and stitched in Photoshop, Marine sample, Alboran Sea. - 28 July 2019. Forbes Pettigrew
Publication Details
Nitzschiella longissima (Brébisson ex Kützing) Rabenhorst 1864: 164
Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.
Request PDFPublication date: Mar-Mai 1864
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nitzschia longissima (Brébisson ex Kützing) Grunow.
Basionym
Ceratoneis longissima Brébisson ex Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: in ostreariis Calvadosii [Calvados, Normandy, France; on oysters]; (Kützing 1849: 891) Notes: Type probably in Leiden.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very long (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 March 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 August 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
