Pinnularia crabro Ehrenberg 1844

Current name: Diploneis crabro (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg
600x __Dim. 67 x 145 µm - 04 August 2012. Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com)

Publication Details
Pinnularia crabro Ehrenberg 1844: 85

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1844). Mittheilung über 2 neue Lager von Gebirgsmassen aus Infusorien als Meeres-Absatz in Nord-Amerika und eine Vergleichung derselben mit den organischen Kreide-Gebilden in Europa und Afrik. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung Geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie Der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1844: 57-97.

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 Diploneis crabro (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.

Type Information
Type locality: Aegina [Island], Greece;

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 29 June 2016

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Nomenclatural note
No separate entry in INA; only mentioned with respect to Diploneis crabro (Ehr.) Ehrenberg. - (29 June 2016) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 June 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025