Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton 1869
Current name:
Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; pond, 1000x, DIC - 06 April 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton 1869: 110, fig. 81
Published in: Kitton, F. (1869). Notes on New York Diatoms with description of a new species Fragilaria crotonensis. Hardwicke's Science-Gossip 5: 109-110, 3 figs.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fragilaria is Fragilaria pectinalis (O.F.Müller) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Croton water supply for city of New York; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Dr. Edwards; (Index Nominum Algarum)
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 August 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
