Navicula exilis var. thermalis (Grunow) O.Müller 1898
Publication Details
Navicula exilis var. thermalis (Grunow) O.Müller 1898: 19
Published in: Müller, O. (1898). Bacillariales aus den Hochseen des Riesengebirges. Forschungsberichte aus der Biologischen Station zu Plön 6: 48-84, pl. III.
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 Brachysira thermalis (Grunow) Van de Vijver & T.M.Schuster.
Basionym
Navicula serians var. thermalis Grunow
Type Information
Type locality: "Thermen Ostindiens" [Hot springs, East Indies] ; (Van Heurck 1880: pl. 12: fig. 10) Lectotype (designated by Van de Vijver & Schuster 2021: 2): F. Stoliczka; BR; BR-4648 (Van de Vijver & Schuster 2021: 2) Notes: Navicula serians var. thermalis Grunow (in Van Heurck 1880: pl. 12: fig. 10) was originally described from unspecified hot springs in Eastern Asia (“in Thermen Ostindiens”) based on Grunow sample 928. Based on the notes in Grunow’s accession books, the sample was collected in 1865 and given to Grunow by the Czech palaeontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874), who made several expeditions to Burma, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and the Himalayas." (Van de Vijver & Schuster 2021: 2).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), thin, slender, meagre, poor (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 31 October 2011 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 23 April 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
