Pinnularia major (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1853
Current name:
Pinnularia major (Kützing) Rabenhorst
250x__Dim. 45 x 295 µm - 30 October 2012. Robert Lavigne (MicroscopyView.com)
Publication Details
Pinnularia major (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1853: 42, pl. 6: fig. 5
Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1853). Die Süsswasser-Diatomaceen (Bacillarien.): für Freunde der Mikroskopie. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-72, 10 plates [I–X]. Leipzig: Eduard Kummer.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pinnularia is Pinnularia viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Frustulia major Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Germany; near Halle; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), great.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 June 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
