Navicula directa (W.Smith) Brébisson 1854
Publication Details
Navicula directa (W.Smith) Brébisson 1854: 248
Published in: Brébisson, A. de (1854). Note sur quelques diatomées marines rares ou peu connues, du littoral de Cherbourg. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 2: 241-258, 1 pl.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Navicula is Navicula tripunctata (O.F.Müller) Bory.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Pinnularia directa W.Smith
Type Information
Type locality: "Marine. Coast of Sussex, Feb. 1852, W. Sm."; (Smith 1853: 56) Type: BM; 23558 (Hendey 1964: 202)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 June 2022
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Nomenclatural note
Combination also introduced by Ralfs (in Pritchard 1861: 906). - (18 August 2020) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Marine cosmopolitan species. Frequent on Palmaria decipiens, and rare to very rare on Delesseria lancifolia, Hymenocladiopsis crustigena, Pantoneura plocamioides, Plocamium cartilagineum, Porphyra endiviifolia and Phaerus antarcticus (Al-Handal & Wulff 2008). - (07 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 March 2025
