Navicula cuspidata var. halophila Grunow 1885

Publication Details
Navicula cuspidata var. halophila Grunow 1885: 100, suppl. pl. B: fig. 30

Published in: Van Heurck, H. (1885). Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique. Texte. pp. [1]-235. Anvers: Martin Brouwers & Co.

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Publication date: May 1885

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 Craticula halophila (Grunow) D.G.Mann.

Source of Synonymy
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 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)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pointed (Brown 1954).

General Environment
This is a brackish species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 April 2025

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Habitat note
Living in brackish waters, salt springs and in standing waters with a high to very high electrolyte content - (05 June 2010) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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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 01 June 2025