Navicula rotunda Hustedt 1945
Publication Details
Navicula rotunda Hustedt 1945: 916, pl. 41: fig. 29
Published in: Hustedt, F. (1945). Diatomeen aus Seen und Quellgebieten der Balkan-Halbinsel. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 40(4): 867-973, 12 pls.
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 Sellaphora rotunda (Hustedt) Wetzel, Ector, Van de Vijver, Compère & D.G.Mann.
Source of Synonymy
Wetzel, C.E., Ector, L., Van de Vijver, B., Compère, P. & Mann, D.G. (2015). Morphology, typification and critical analysis of some ecologically important small naviculoid species (Bacillariophyta). Fottea 15(2): 203-234, 396 figs, 1 table.
Type Information
Type locality: Macedonia: Lake Prespa; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), almost circular, with length breadth ratio of about 6 to 5 (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 January 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 January 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024
