Pinnularia maculata Krammer & Metzeltin 1998

Publication Details
Pinnularia maculata Krammer & Metzeltin 1998: 179, pl. 177: figs 3-5 (2?)

Published in: Metzeltin, D. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (1998). Tropical diatoms of South America I: About 700 predominantly rarely known or new taxa representative of the neotropical flora. Iconographia Diatomologica 5: 3-695, 220 pls.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pinnularia is Pinnularia viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Type Information
Type locality: Guyana: Potaro River, Kaieteur Falls; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: D. Metzeltin; 31.ix.1996; Bot. Inst. Univ. Frankfurt a.M.; Coll. Lange-Bertalot AmS-522 (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spotted, blotched (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 September 2016

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 September 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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