Pinnularia capitata Ehrenberg 1848
Publication Details
Pinnularia capitata Ehrenberg 1848: 18
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1848). Über 3 neue Infusorien-Biolithe der Braunkohle des mittleren Deutschlands bei Godesberg, Ostheim und Redwitz, entdeckt durch die Herren Nöggerath in Bonn, Eckhard in Marburg und Nauck in Berlin . Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1848: 8-17.
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 Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin & Witkowski.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with a knob-like head or tip (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 May 2012
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 May 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024
