Pinnularia gibba (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg 1843
Current name:
Epithemia gibba (Ehrenberg) Kützing
400x __Dim. 11 x 78 µm - 24 August 2011. Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com)
Publication Details
Pinnularia gibba (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg 1843: 315, footnote
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 291-445 + [1, Berichtigungen], + 4 pls.
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 Epithemia gibba (Ehrenberg) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.
Basionym
Navicula gibba Ehrenberg
Type Information
Lectotype locality: "Sibirien", “bei Orenburg" [Russia]; (Jahn & Kusber 2004: 586) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Jahn & Kusber 2004): "[icon] cell on the upper row on the right hand side on the glued paper
(upper row, center) “Navicula gibba, Orenburg 1/12-1/10'''” on drawing sheet No. 560a in BHUPM (see arrow in Fig. 51)."
Origin of Species Name
(Latin), noun (hump); adjective (humped) (Stearn 1983)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 July 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 November 2024