Geissleria capitata (H.Kobayasi) Ector & Novais 2013
Publication Details
Geissleria capitata (H.Kobayasi) Ector & Novais 2013: 133
Published in: Novais, M.H., Wetzel, C.E., Van de Vijver, B., Morais, M.M., Hoffmann, L. & Ector, L. (2013). New species and combinations in the genus Geissleria (Bacillariophyceae). Cryptogamie Algologie 34(2): 117-148.
Publication date: 2013
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Geissleria is Geissleria moseri Metzeltin, Witkowski & Lange-Bertalot.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Navigeia capitata (H.Kobayasi) L.N.Bukhtiyarova.
Basionym
Navicula schoenfeldii var. capitata H.Kobayasi
Type Information
Type locality: Nishida-numa (an irrigation pond in Musashikyuryo-shinrin Park), Saitama Prefecture, Japan; (Novais et al. 2013: 133) Iconotype: pl. 5: figs 41, 42: (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Holotype: H.K. T-52 in coll. H. Kobayasi (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with a knob-like head or tip (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 29 August 2013 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 March 2016
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 March 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024
