Nitzschia paxillifer (O.F.Müller) Heiberg 1863
Current name:
Bacillaria paxillifer (O.F.Müller) T.Marsson
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; Ferry Terminal; x400; colony girdle view - 20 February 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Nitzschia paxillifer (O.F.Müller) Heiberg 1863: 113
Published in: Heiberg, P.A.C. (1863). Conspectus criticus diatomacearum danicarum. Kritisk oversigt over de danske Diatomeer. pp. 1-135, 6 pls. Kjøbenhavn: Wilhelm Priors Forlag.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitzschia is Nitzschia elongata Hassall.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bacillaria paxillifer (O.F.Müller) T.Marsson.
Source of Synonymy
Marsson, T. (1901). Diatomaceen von Neu-Vorpommern, Rügen und Usedom. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mikroskopie und Klinische Chemie 6: 253-268.
Basionym
Vibrio paxillifer O.F.Müller
Type Information
Type locality: In Ulva latissima copiose, hinc marinis [Vester Port at the timberyards, Copenhagen, the western gate in the wall and waterbody once surrounding the city of Copenhagen close to Tivoli, according to Jahn & Schmid 2007]; (Müller 1786: 54) Lectotype: Avedøre Holme , Distr. 45a [a salt marsh just south of Copenhagen in 1964; now an industrialized area], T. Christensen 9554, 20.ix.1964 (epitype) T. Christensen; 20 September 1964 ; As described by Müller (1782): "lives on the dark green, broad seaweed, Ulva latissima, at the seashore."; C; slide AT-2387 (Jahn & Schmid, 2007: 297) Notes: Jahn & Schmid (2007) designated as lectotype O.F. Müller's original drawing in 1782, his figs 2, 3, which is the same as pl. VII: figs 3, 4 in his 1786 publication (Jahn & Schmid, 2007: fig. 1).
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 November 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024
