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| Craticula A. Grunow 1867, p. 20 | |
| Generitype | LT: Craticula perrotettii A. Grunow 1867 |
| Designated by | Ross in Farr et al. (1979) (ref. 006663) |
| Year Designated | 1979 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid |
| Recent revisions | Mann & Stickle 1991 (ref. 006865) |
| Comments | Four species are originally included, and no type is unequivocally designated. A larger treatment is given by Grunow to C. perrotetii which is given as the holotype by Ross in Farr et al. 1979. SVL does not accept this genus: Genus based on monstrosities, vide Pfitzer 1871, p.104-105 (ref. 000754). Hanna (unpubl. ms.) remarked that Cox (Am. Journ. Micr. Pop. Sci. vol. 4, 1879, pp. 97-100) stated that the genus is Stictodesmus Greville and possibly Climaconeis Grunow. He added that all are abnormal forms of Navicula and that C. ehrenbergii of Grunow in N. cuspidata. |
| Published in |
Grunow, A. 1867 (ref. 432) Reise seiner Majestät Fregatte Novara um die Erde. Botanischer Theil. Band I. Algen. Wien, aus der Kaiselich-Königlichen Hof-und Staasdruckerei pp. 1-104, pls I, Ia, II-XI |