Navicula gibba Ehrenberg 1832

Current name: Rhopalodia gibba (Ehrenberg) O.Müller
Renton, Washington, USA; golf course, 400x, DIC - 14 September 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Navicula gibba Ehrenberg 1832: 80

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1831: 1-154, pls I-IV.

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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 Rhopalodia gibba (Ehrenberg) O.Müller.

Source of Synonymy
Müller, O. (1895). Rhopalodia ein neues Genus der Bacillariaceen. Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 22(1): 54-71, 2 pls.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: "Sibirien...bei Orenburg" [Russia]; (Jahn & Kusber 2004: 586) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Jahn & Kusber 2004): "[icon] cell on the upper row on the right hand side on the glued paper (upper row, center) “Navicula gibba, Orenburg 1/12-1/10'''” on drawing sheet No. 560a in BHUPM (see arrow in Fig. 51)."

Origin of Species Name
(Latin), noun (hump); adjective (humped) (Stearn 1983)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 14 May 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 May 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025