Navicula crux Ehrenberg 1838
Publication Details
Navicula crux Ehrenberg 1838: 184, no fig.
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. pp. i-xviii, [1-4], 1-[548], 64 pls. Leipzig: Verlag von Leopold Voss.
Request PDFPublication date: Jul-Aug 1838 (p. xviii: Jul 1838)
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 Staurosirella crux (Ehrenberg) Van de Vijver & Kusber.
Source of Synonymy
Van de Vijver, B., Kusber, W.-H., Jüttner, I., Schuster, T.M. & Williams, D.M. (2024). Revision of the Staurosirella leptostauron complex (Staurosiraceae, Bacillariophyta) in Europe with the description of three new species. Plant Ecology and Evolution 157(2): 174–201, 14 figures.
Type Information
Type locality: Fossil in Polirschiefer bei Cassel [layered diatomaceous earth, near Cassel, Germany]; (Ehrenberg 1838: 184) Lectotype (designated by Van de Vijer & al. 2024).: BHUPM; 420310 (Van de Vijver & al. 2024: 182)
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 March 2025
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Nomenclatural note
See CAS Diatom Collection. - (10 August 2020) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 June 2025
