Nitzschia closterium (Ehrenberg) W.Smith 1853

Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin

Current name: Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin
Kingston, Washington, USA; Carpenter Creek watershed, estuary, 1000x, DIC - 31 January 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Nitzschia closterium (Ehrenberg) W.Smith 1853: 42, pl. 15: fig. 120

Published in: Smith, W. (1853). A synopsis of the British Diatomaceae; with remarks on their structure, function and distribution; and instructions for collecting and preserving specimens. The plates by Tuffen West. In two volumes. Vol. I. pp. [i]-xxxiii, 1-89, pls I-XXXI. London: John van Voorst, Paternoster Row.

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin.

Basionym
Ceratoneis closterium Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: North Sea, near Cuxhaven, Germany (53 5200N, 008 42 00E); (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: [21 Sept. 1839]; water of the rising tide; BHUPM: Ehrenberg Collection; Taxonomical Preparation 540032-3 (Jahn & Kusber 2005: 297, fig. 5) Notes: Germany: Cuxhaven; Wismar (INA).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 12 October 2022

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