Navicula capitata Ehrenberg 1838
Publication Details
Navicula capitata Ehrenberg 1838: 185, pl. 13: fig. 20
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. pp. i-xviii, [1-4], 1-[548], 64 pls. Leipzig: Verlag von Leopold Voss.
Request PDFPublication date: Jul-Aug 1838 (p. xviii: Jul 1838)
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 Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin & Witkowski.
Source of Synonymy
Lange-Bertalot, H., Metzeltin, D. & Witkowski, A (1996). Hippodonta gen. nov. Umschreibung und Begründung einer neuer Gattung der Naviculaceae. Iconographia Diatomologica 4: 247-275.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: “Berlin [Germany]; (Jahn & Kusber 2004: 584) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Jahn & Kusber 2004" 584): "Taxonomic preparations No. 540129-2 in BHUPM (Fig. 37). The lectotype specimen corresponds to the specimen on drawing sheet No. 844 in BHUPM (Fig. 35), the drawn striae are more similar to the lectotype specimen than the published illustration in Ehrenberg (1838: t. 13, fig. 20, 1st cell) (Fig. 36)."
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with a knob-like head or tip (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 February 2019
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 December 2024
