Navicula viridula (Kützing) Ehrenberg 1838
Publication Details
Navicula viridula (Kützing) Ehrenberg 1838: 183
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.
Publication 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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Frustulia viridula Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: in einem Teiche bei Markweben unweit Weissenfels; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), greenish.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 January 2023
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Nomenclatural notes
According to INA Ehrenberg used the name Navicula viridula twice prior to validly publishing the combination under the ICN. He published the name three times, each time without even cryptic reference to the base name (e.g., merely an author citation) (Art. 41.3 and 41.5).
Berich über die zur Bekkantmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1836: 53
Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuß. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1837:107
Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenchaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1836 [1838]: 132 - (07 December 2022) - Roberta Cowan
Combination also introduced by Kützing (1844: 91). - (29 August 2017) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
Pollution tolerant. - (02 June 2010) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 August 2025