Navicula rhomboides Ehrenberg 1843

Publication Details
Navicula rhomboides Ehrenberg 1843: 419 (131); pl. 3/1, fig. 15

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.

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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 Frustulia rhomboides (Ehrenberg) De Toni.

Source of Synonymy
De Toni, G.B. (1891). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. II. Sylloge Bacillariearum. Sectio I. Rhaphideae. pp. [i-iii]. [i]-cxxxii, 1-490. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.

Type Information
Real del Monte, Mexico; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), a rhomboid.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 25 September 2024

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 September 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 December 2024

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