Staurosirella neopinnata E.A.Morales, C.E.Wetzel, Haworth & Ector 2019

Publication Details
Staurosirella neopinnata E.A.Morales, C.E.Wetzel, Haworth & Ector 2019: 82, figs 1-34

Published in: Morales, E.A., Wetzel, C.E., Haworth, E.Y. & Ector, L. (2019). Ending a 175-year taxonomic uncertainty: Description of Staurosirella neopinnata sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) to accommodate Fragilaria pinnata, a highly misconstrued taxon with a purported worldwide distribution. Phytotaxa 402(2): 75-87, 187 fig.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Staurosirella is Fragilaria lapponica Grunow.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: UK: Scotland: Loch Borralan.; (Morales & al. 2019: 82) Holotype: BR; slide BR-4557 (Morales & al. 2019: 82)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 10 May 2019 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 13 June 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 June 2025