Navicula perpusilla Grunow 1860
Publication Details
Navicula perpusilla Grunow 1860: 552, pl. II [2]: fig. 7
Published in: Grunow, A. (1860). Über neue oder ungenügend gekannte Algen. Erste Folge, Diatomeen, Familie Naviculaceen. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 10: 503-582, pls III-VII.
Request PDFPublication date: "4 April 1860"
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 Humidophila perpusilla (Grunow) R.L.Lowe, Kociolek, J.R.Johansen, Van de Vijver, Lange-Bertalot & Kopalová.
Type Information
Type locality: “Habitat inter algas in vitreis diu asservatas" [living between algae long time conserved in glass plates].; (Grunow 1860: 252) Lectotype (designated by Van de Vijver & Goeyers 2022): Original drawing 7g on pl. IV in Grunow (1860).: (Van de Vijver & Goeyers 2022: 2) Notes: Epitype (designated Van de Vijver & Goeyers 2022 for the above lectotype for Navicula perpusilla Grunow): BR-4758 slide prepared from Van Heurck, Types du Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique n° 212 (Scotland), based on original Walker Arnott sample 703 (Tighnabruaich Glen, Argyll & Bute, Scotland). The epitype is illustrated by Van de Vijver & Goeyers (2022: fig. 4).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), exceedingly small.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 October 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
