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Holotype of Nitzschia abbreviata

type specimen of Nitzschia abbreviata


Scale bar = 10 µm


differential interference contrast optics

Ringed specimen on Hustedt slide 224/75 (Alfred Wegener Institut, Bremerhaven). This specimen, a single frustule, was selected as the type of Nitzschia abbreviata by R. Simonsen (1987) and restudied by Trobajo et al. (submitted).

References:

Trobajo, R., Mann, D.G. & Cox, E.J. (submitted). Studies on the type material of Nitzschia abbreviata (Bacillariophyta).

Simonsen, R. (1987). Atlas and catalogue of the diatom types of Friedrich Hustedt, 3 vols. J. Cramer, Berlin & Stuttgart.

David Mann & Rosa Trobajo
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
September 2010

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