Navicula cocconeiformis f. elliptica Hustedt 1954

Publication Details
Navicula cocconeiformis f. elliptica Hustedt 1954: 470, no fig.

Published in: Hustedt, F. (1954). Die Diatomeenflora der Eifelmaare. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 48(4): 451-496.

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 Cavinula cocconeiformis f. elliptica (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot.

Source of Synonymy
Lange-Bertalot, H. & Metzeltin, D. (1996). Indicators of oligotrophy. 800 taxa representative of three ecologically distinct lake types, carbonate buffered-Oligodystrophic-weakly buffered soft water with 2428 figures on 125 plates. Oligotrophie-Indikatoren. 800 Taxa repräsentativ für drei diverse Seen-Typen: Kalkreich - Oligodystroph - Schwach gepuffertes Weichwasser mit 2428 Figuren auf 125 Tafeln. Iconographia Diatomologica 2: [1]-390, 125 pls., 2 tables.

Type Information
Type locality: Weinfelder Maar [Eifel, Germany]; (Cvetkoska & al. 2014: 185) Holotype: BRM; Ma3/39. Weinfelder Maar. Litorella-Schlamm. 20.4.43- (Simonsen 1987: 397)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 February 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025