Craticula halophila (Grunow) D.G.Mann 1990

Publication Details
Craticula halophila (Grunow) D.G.Mann 1990: 666

Published in: Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. & Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms. Biology and morphology of the genera. pp. [i-ix], 1-747. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Craticula is Craticula perrotettii Grunow.

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

Basionym
Navicula cuspidata var. halophila Grunow

Type Information
Type locality: Blankenberghe [Blankenberge, Belgium]; (Van Heurck 1885: expl. suppl. pl. B, fig. 30) Lectotype (designated by Van de Vijver & Schuster 2025: 3): BR; 4866 (illustrated as fig. 41) (Van de Vijver & Schuster 2025: 80412)

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

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

Last updated: 08 April 2025

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Habitat notes
Living in brackish waters, salt springs and in standing waters with a high to very high electrolyte content - (05 June 2010) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
Souffreau et al. (2010) have collected this species from a terrestrial habitat. - (25 August 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025