Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 1844
Publication Details
Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 1844: 95, pl. 3: figs 20, 26
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.
Request PDFPublication date: 7-9 Nov 1844
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.
Type Information
Type locality: durch ganz Europa unter Oscillarien und andern Diatomeen; (INA 1996) Lectotype: Kützing packet - 459 designated by R. Patrick: BM; 18785 (Cox 1995: 108)
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 November 2024
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Distributional note
Antoniades et al. (2005: 35) record Navicula sp. aff. cryptocephala Kutzing from Alert and Mould Bay, Canadian High Arctic. - (14 August 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Along the coasts, in brackish river estuaries and in inland salt springs. In eutrophic waters - (01 June 2010) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 May 2025
