Fragilaria unipunctata Lyngbye 1819
Current name:
Striatella unipunctata (Lyngbye) C.Agardh
Marine sample, Alboran Sea. Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, both are about 80µm, stacked in Photoshop - 17 May 2020. Forbes Pettigrew
Publication Details
Fragilaria unipunctata Lyngbye 1819: 183, pl. 62: fig. G
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
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 Striatella unipunctata (Lyngbye) C.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1832). Conspectus criticus diatomacearum. Part 4. pp. 49-66. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianus.
Type Information
Type locality: ante ostium sinus Oxefiord Norvegiae in ect. siliculosus [INA];
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 November 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025