Navicula nitescens (W.Gregory) Ralfs 1861

Publication Details
Navicula nitescens (W.Gregory) Ralfs 1861: 898

Published in: Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L.; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-968, 40 pls [I-XV]. London: Whittaker and Co..

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Publication date: 1861

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 Diploneis nitescens (W.Gregory) Cleve.

Source of Synonymy
Cleve, P.T. (1894). Synopsis of the naviculoid diatoms. Part I. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar Series 4 26(2): 1-194, 5 pls.

Basionym
Navicula smithii var. nitescens W.Gregory

Type Information
Scotland: Lamlash Bay; Loch Fine.;

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 March 2020

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Taxonomic note
Combination previously proposed by Gregory 1857, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 21:541, with the same Basionym. (See INA and CAS Diatom Collection). - (06 March 2020) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025

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