Navicula rotunda Hustedt 1945

Publication Details
Navicula rotunda Hustedt 1945: 916, pl. 41: fig. 29

Published in: Hustedt, F. (1945). Diatomeen aus Seen und Quellgebieten der Balkan-Halbinsel. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 40(4): 867-973, 12 pls.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Navicula is Navicula tripunctata (O.F.Müller) Bory.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sellaphora rotunda (Hustedt) Wetzel, Ector, Van de Vijver, Compère & D.G.Mann.

Type Information
Type locality: Macedonia: Lake Prespa; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), almost circular, with length breadth ratio of about 6 to 5 (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 31 January 2019

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 January 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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