Taxon Account

Navicula metareichardtiana Lange-Bertalot & Kusber; 2019

Key references

Lange-Bertalot H., Krammer K. 1989. Achnanthes eine Monographie der Gattung mit Definition der Gattung Cocconeis und Nachträgen zu den Naviculaceae. Bibliotheca Diatomologica Vol. 18. 393 pp; 100 pls

Kusber W.-H., Lange-Bertalot H. 2019. Navicula metareichardtiana Lange-Bertalot & Kusber, a new name for Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot, nom. illeg. (Naviculaceae, Bacillariophyta). Notulae Algarum No. 102.

Morphology

Size
15-21 µm long, 4.5-5.5 µm wide (UK population), 12-22(26) µm long, 5-6 µm wide (Lange-Bertalot & Krammer 1989).

Shape
Valves lanceolate with rostrate apices.

Symmetry
Isopolar, bilaterally symmetrical.

Striae
Strongly radiate in valve centre, becoming parallel towards the valve ends and convergent near the apices.

Axial area
Very narrow, linear.

Central area
Small, irregularly shaped.

Raphe
Filiform with slightly expanded central pores.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference
Citation
Lange-Bertalot H., Krammer K. 1989. Achnanthes eine Monographie der Gattung mit Definition der Gattung Cocconeis und Nachträgen zu den Naviculaceae. Bibliotheca Diatomologica Vol. 18. 393 pp; 100 pls Description; Type Illustration; Morphology; Taxonomy;
Lange-Bertalot H. 2001. Navicula sensu stricto, 10 genera seperated from Navicula sensu lato, Frustulia. 2. Lange-Bertalot H. (ed.), Diatoms of Europe, Diatoms of the European Inland waters and comparable habitats. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell. 526 pp Morphology; Ecology; Illustrations
Debenest T., Pinelli E., Coste M., Silvestre J., Mazella N., Madigou C., Delmas F. 2009. Sensitivity of freshwater periphytic diatoms to agricultural herbicides. Aquatic Toxicology. 93(1): 11-17. Ecology
Delgado C., Ector L., Novais M., Blanco S., Hoffmann L., Pardo I. 2013. Epilithic diatoms of springs and spring–fed streams in Majorca Island (Spain) with the description of a new diatom species Cymbopleura margalefii sp. nov. Fottea. 13(2): 87-104. Illustrations; Ecology
Lange-Bertalot H., Hofmann G., Werum M., Cantonati M. 2017. Freshwater Benthic Diatoms of Central Europe: Over 800 Common Species Used in Ecological Assessment. Cantonati M., Kelly M.G., Lange-Bertalot H. (eds.), Koeltz Botanical Books, Schmitten-Oberreifenberg, Germany. 942 pp Morphology; Illustrations; Ecology
Kusber W.-H., Lange-Bertalot H. 2019. Navicula metareichardtiana Lange-Bertalot & Kusber, a new name for Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot, nom. illeg. (Naviculaceae, Bacillariophyta). Notulae Algarum No. 102. Taxonomy;
This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I., Chudaev D., Ector L. Navicula metareichardtiana Lange-Bertalot & Kusber; 2019. In: Jüttner I., Carter C., Cox E.J., Ector L., Jones V., Kelly M.G., Kennedy B., Mann D.G., Turner J. A., Van de Vijver B., Wetzel C.E., Williams D.M.. Freshwater Diatom Flora of Britain and Ireland. Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. Available online at https://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/diatoms/browsespecies.php?-recid=3362. [Accessed:  ].

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