Pinnularia krookii (Grunow) Cleve 1891

Publication Details
Pinnularia krookii (Grunow) Cleve 1891: 30 (as 'krockii')

Published in: Cleve, P.T. (1891). The diatoms of Finland. Acta Societatia pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 8(2): 1-68, 3 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pinnularia is Pinnularia viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chamaepinnularia krookii (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot & Krammer.

Source of Synonymy
Lange-Bertalot, H. & Genkal, S.I. (1999). Diatoms from Siberia I - Islands in the Arctic Ocean (Yugorsky-Shar Strait) Diatomeen aus Siberien. I. Insel im Arktischen Ozean (Yugorsky-Shar Strait). Iconographia Diatomologica 6: 1-271, 941 figs in 77 pls; "2nd corrected printing".

Basionym
Navicula krookii Grunow

Type Information
Type locality: Sweden: Westerbotten(leg. Krook ["Krock"]; Czech Republic: sedimentary layers at Soos near Franzenbad (salt water); (Grunow 1882: 155) Notes: Soos National Reserve (Czech Republic) (Wetzel et al. 2013: 152).

Eponomy
Apparently amed for a Swedish (male?) botanist called "Krook" (Krammer 1992: 78).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 November 2024

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Nomenclatural note
See INA: collected by Krook, mispelled "Krock"; the orthographic error was corrected by Cleve 1891; see also Krammer, Pinnularia: 78, 1992. - (17 September 2019) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025

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