Pinnularia tenuis W.Gregory 1854
Publication Details
Pinnularia tenuis W.Gregory 1854: 97, pl. 5: fig. 9
Published in: Gregory, W. (1854). Notice of the new forms and varieties of known forms occurring in the diatomaceous earth of Mull; with remarks on the classification of the Diatomaceae. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 2: 90-100, pl. IV, 1 pl. [pl. IV].
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pinnularia is Pinnularia viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Caloneis tenuis (W.Gregory) Krammer.
Type Information
Type locality: diatomaceous deposit, Mull, Hebrides; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, fine, slender (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 April 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024