Nitzschia pungens Grunow ex Cleve 1897

Publication Details
Nitzschia pungens Grunow ex Cleve 1897: 24, pl. 2: fig. 23

Published in: Cleve, P.T. (1897). A treatise on the phytoplankton of the Atlantic and its tributaries and on the periodical change of the plankton of Skagerak. pp. 1-28. Upsala: Upsala Nya Tidnings Aktiebolags Tryckeri.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitzschia is Nitzschia elongata Hassall.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Grunow ex Cleve) Hasle.

Source of Synonymy
Hasle, G.R. (1993). Nomenclatural notes on marine planktonic diatoms. The family Bacillariaceae. In: P.A. Sims (ed.), Progress in diatom studies, Contributions to taxonomy, ecology and nomenclature. Special volume in honour of Robert Ross on the occasion of his 80th Birthday. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 106: 315-321.

Type Information
Japan; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), sharp-pointed, pricking, piercing, terminating in a hard sharp point (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 01 October 2015

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 November 2024

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