Navicula smithii Brébisson 1854
Publication Details
Navicula smithii Brébisson 1854: 253
Published in: Brébisson, A. de (1854). Note sur quelques diatomées marines rares ou peu connues, du littoral de Cherbourg. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 2: 241-258, 1 pl.
Request PDFType 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 Diploneis smithii (Brébisson) Cleve.
Source of Synonymy
Cleve, P.T. (1894). Synopsis of the naviculoid diatoms. Part I. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar Series 4 26(2): 1-194, 5 pls.
Type Information
Type locality: "Marine. Poole Bay, Sept. 1850 ; Seaford, Sussex, Aug. 1851, W. Sm." [England]; (Smith 1853: 48)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 December 2002 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 12 January 2023
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Nomenclatural note
Replaced name: Navicula elliptica W. Smith, 1853; priority for N. elliptica Kützing, 1844 and N. elliptica Ehrenberg 1844. - (18 December 2017) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Binomial also proposed by Migula 1906, Kript.-Fl. Deutschl., Alg. 1: 271, with Basionym Stauroneis smithii Grunow 1860, but it was illegitimate: not Navicula smithii Brébisson 1854 (INA) - (02 February 2018) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025
