Navicula spenceri Bailey ex Quekett 1848
Publication Details
Navicula spenceri Bailey ex Quekett 1848: 440, pl. 9
Published in: Quekett, J.[T.] (1848). A practical treatise on the use of the microscope including the different methods of preparing and examining animal, vegetable and mineral structures. pp. i-xxi, 1-464, fig.1-241 + 9 pl. London & Paris: Hippolyte Bailliere, Publisher, 219, Regent Street; J.B. Balliere, 12, rue de l'École de Médecine.
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 Gyrosigma acuminatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst.
Type Information
Type locality: USA: New York: Croton River; (INA 1996) Lectotype (fide Sterrenburg, 1995: 468-469): comm. Bailey (source not specified) via Matthew Marshall; ANSP; A-G.C 3174 (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 November 2015
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Nomenclatural note
no description (INA). - (11 November 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 November 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 May 2025
