Navicula turgida Ehrenberg 1832

Current name:
Epithemia turgida (Ehrenberg) Kützing
Seattle, Washington, USA; ship canal, 1000x, DIC - 19 March 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Navicula turgida 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.
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 Epithemia turgida (Ehrenberg) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.
Type Information
Type locality: Sibirien; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 November 2020
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Nomenclatural note
Frist introduced, invalidly (no description), in Ehrenberg (1830: 64). - (01 March 2016) - M.D. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 November 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 February 2025