Puncticulata comta (Kützing) Hakansson 2002
Publication Details
Puncticulata comta (Kützing) Hakansson 2002: 113, figs 410-414
Published in: Håkansson, H. (2002). A compilation and evaluation of species in the genera ["general"] Stephanodiscus, Cyclostephanos and Cyclotella with a new genus in the family Stephanodiscaceae. Diatom Research 17(1): 1-139, 487 figs.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Puncticulata.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lindavia comta (Kützing) T.Nakov & al..
Source of Synonymy
Nakov, T., Guillory, W.X., Julius, M.L., Theriot, E.C. & Alverson, A.J. (2015). Towards a phylogenetic classification of species belonging to the diatom genus Cyclotella (Bacillariophyceae): Transfer of species formerly placed in Puncticulata, Handmannia, Pliocaenicus and Cyclotella to the genus Lindavia. Phytotaxa 217(3): 249-264.
Basionym
Cyclotella comta Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Hochsimmer am Rhein; (INA 1996) Type: W; Grunow coll. 1298 (INA 1996) Notes: Grunow coll. 1298 (typ. cons.)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 April 2016
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Nomenclatural note
Pucticulata comta (Ehrenberg) Håkansson (Håkansson, 2002: 113). - (13 April 2016) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 April 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025
