Navicula brekkaensis J.B.Petersen 1928
Publication Details
Navicula brekkaensis J.B.Petersen 1928: 389, fig. 16
Published in: Petersen, J.B. (1928). The aërial algae of Iceland. In: The botany of Iceland. Vol. II. Part II.. (Rosenvinge, L.K. & Warming, E. Eds), pp. 328-447. Copenhagen & London: Wheldon and Wesley.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Navicula is Navicula tripunctata (O.F.Müller) Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Humidophila brekkaensis (J.B.Peterse) Lowe, Kociolek, Johansen, Van de Vijver, Lange-Bertalot & Kopalová .
Source of Synonymy
Lowe, R.L., Kociolek, P., Johansen, J.R., Van de Vijver, B., Lange-Bertalot, H. & Kopalová, K. (2014). Humidophila gen. nov., a new genus for a group of diatoms (Bacillariophyta) formerly within the genus Diadesmis: species from Hawai'i, including one new species. Diatom Research 29(4): 351-360, 36 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Iceland; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 July 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024
