Frustulia ulna (Nitzsch) C.Agardh 1831

Publication Details
Frustulia ulna (Nitzsch) C.Agardh 1831: 45 (as 'ulva')

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1831). Conspectus criticus diatomacearum. Part 3. pp. 33-48. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianus.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Frustulia is Frustulia saxonica Rabenhorst.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulnaria ulna (Nitzsch) Compère.

Source of Synonymy
Compère, P. (2001). Ulnaria (Kützing) Compère, a new genus name for Fragilaria subgen. Alterasynedra Lange-Bertalot with comments on the typification of Synedra Ehrenberg. In: Lange-Bertalot Festschrift. Studies on diatoms dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Horst Lange-Bertalot on the occasion of his 65th birthday. (Jahn, R., Kociolek, J.P., Witkowski, A. & Compère, P. Eds), pp. 97-101. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G.

Basionym
Bacillaria ulna Nitzsch

Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Wittenberg, Halle District; (INA 1996) Type: see below (epitype) (INA 1996) Notes: Epitype (designated by Lange-Bertalot, 2014): Slide Eu-CH 50 in Coll Lange-Bertalot, Senckenberg Museum (FR); from trough of well near Wettswil near ZA1/4rich [?], Switzerland (leg. 10.07.1909)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), elbow, forearm (Brown 1954).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 January 2025

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025

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