Fragilaria ulna f. acus (Kützing) Krammer & Lange-Bertalot 1991
Publication Details
Fragilaria ulna f. acus (Kützing) Krammer & Lange-Bertalot 1991: 144, fig, 122: 11-13, fig. 119: 8
Published in: Krammer, K. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (1991). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Bacillariophyceae: Centrales, Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae. Vol. 2/3 pp. [i]-xiii, [1]-576, 166 pl., 2180 fig.. Stuttgart & Jena: Gustav Fischer Verlag.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fragilaria is Fragilaria pectinalis (O.F.Müller) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulnaria acus (Kützing) Aboal.
Source of Synonymy
Aboal, M., Álvarez Cobelas, M., Cambra, J. & Ector, L. (2003). Floristic list of non-marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. Updated taxonomy and bibliography. Diatom Monographs 4: 1-639.
Basionym
Synedra acus Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Hamburger Meer; (INA 1996) Lectotype: Kützing 1844: 68, pl. 15, fig. 7: Falaise, BM 18305, epitype designated by Williams & Blanco (2019: 242) (epitype) BM; 18305 (Williams & Blanco 2019: 242, fig. 2) Notes: Type: slide B.M.18305, collection Kützing no. 401, collected by A. de Brébisson from Falaise, France, marked as Synedra acus Kützing (neotype fide H. Lange-Bertalot & Ulrich 2014); collector: Binder (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), elbow, forearm (Brown 1954).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 16 September 2008 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 25 March 2020
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Nomenclatural note
According to Williams & Blanco (2019: 244), this is not a validly published name. - (25 March 2020) - G.M. Guiry
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