Navicula bifrons Ehrenberg 1834

Publication Details
Navicula bifrons Ehrenberg 1834: 259 (as 'Navicula (Surirella) bifrons')

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII.

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Publication date: Effective date: Mai 1834

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 Iconella bifrons (Ehrenberg) Ruck & Nakov.

Source of Synonymy
Ruck, E.C., Nakov, T., Alverson, A.J. & Theriot, E.C. (2016). Nomenclatural transfers associated with the phylogenetic reclassification of the Surirellales and Rhopalodiales. Notulae Algarum 10: 1-4.

Type Information
Type locality: "bei Berlin zwischen Conferven" [Berlin, Germany]; (Ehrenberg 1834: 259) Lectotype: 10 Mai 1832; BHUPM; 540128-6 “Trockenpräparate CXXVIII 6” (Jahn, Kusber & Cocquyt 2017: 76)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with two faces, growing on both sides (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 July 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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