Navicula sigmoidea (Nitzsch) Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1831

Publication Details
Navicula sigmoidea (Nitzsch) Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1831: [17], pl. 2: fig. 8

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1831). Zoologica II. Animalia evertebrata exclusis insecta. Phytozoa. In: Symbolae physicae, seu, Icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum: quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam. (Hemprich, P.C. & Ehrenberg, C.G. Eds) Vol. 4(1), pp. [67], 6 plates. Berlin: Officina Academica.

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Publication date: 1831

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 Nitzschia sigmoidea (Nitzsch) W.Smith.

Source of Synonymy
Plinski, M. & Witkowski, A. (2020). Diatoms from the Gulf of Gdansk and surrounding waters (the southern Baltic Sea). A key to the identification of the species. pp. [1]-442, incl. 31 SEM pls, 16 photo pls. Gdansk: Gdansk University Press.

Basionym
Bacillaria sigmoidea Nitzsch

Type Information
Type locality: [Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany];

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 14 August 2024

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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