Nitzschiella closterium (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst 1864

Publication Details
Nitzschiella closterium (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst 1864: 163

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.

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Publication date: Mar-Mai 1864

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin.

Source of Synonymy
Reimann, B.E.F. & Lewin, J.C. (1964). The diatom genus Cylindrotheca Rabenhorst. Journal of the Royal Microcopical Society, Series 3 83(3): 283-296.

Basionym
Ceratoneis closterium Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: North Sea, near Cuxhaven, Germany (53 5200N, 008 42 00E); (INA 1996) Lectotype: [21 Sept. 1839]; water of the rising tide; BHUPM: Ehrenberg Collection; Taxonomical Preparation 540032-3 (Jahn & Kusber 2005: 297, fig. 5) Notes: Germany: Cuxhaven; Wismar (INA).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 17 June 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 06 December 2018

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Nomenclatural notes
Margaret Harper (pers. comm. 12 April 2016) writes: "For Nitzschia closterium (a raphid diatom) AlgaeBase gives the currently accepted name as Ceratoneis closterium Ehrenberg which is also its Basionym. Ceratoneis as a generic name has been used far more often over the last 100 years in many floras for Ceratoneis arcus an araphid diatom currently accepted as Hannaea arcus. However Jahn & Kusber 2005 resurrected the name Ceratoneis closterium based on type material (Diatom Research 20 295-304) for this raphid diatom. Later Medlin & Mann 2007 (Taxon 56, 953-955) proposed conserving the name Cylindrotheca closterium rather than adopting the confusing name Ceratoneis closterium. I can understand why you have currently accepted Ceratoneis closterium, but think it needs an explanatory note and that the alternative synonym Cylindrotheca closterium could be usefully included in the entry for Nitzschia closterium." - (06 December 2018) - M.D. Guiry
Harmful species (Lassus et al. 2017). - (18 May 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025

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