Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 1930

Publication Details
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 1930: 414, fig. 792

Published in: Hustedt, F. (1930). Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae) Zweite Auflage. In: Die Süsswasser-Flora Mitteleuropas. Heft 10. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. [i]-vii, [1]-466. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitzschia is Nitzschia elongata Hassal.

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

Type Information
Bremen; Kiathanabach, Bosporus; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Simonsen (1987) designated the whole slide 62/1 as the lectotype of N. capitellata, while illustrating considerable morphological variation among Nitzschia specimens on this slide. Witkowski et al. 2000 noted that the lectotype slide likely includes several species of Nitzschia... (Desianti et al., 2015: 105).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 January 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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