Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg 1832

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Bacillariophyta
Subphylum Bacillariophytina
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Fragilariophycidae
Order Fragilariales
Family Fragilariaceae
Genus Synedra

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Zeiss Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 300µm, Marine sample, Alboran Sea.. 07 Nov 2020. Forbes Pettigrew. © Forbes Pettigrew.

Alboran Sea, Marine sample; Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 390µm length, 20µm width, stacked and stitched in Photoshop; Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 390µm length, 20µm width, stacked and stitched in Photoshop. 02 Mar 2020. Forbes Pettigrew. © Forbes Pettigrew.

Bremerton, Washington, USA; Kitsap Lake, 1000x, DIC. 12 Oct 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).

Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; water garden, 1000x, DIC. 12 Apr 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).

Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; water garden, 400x, DIC. 21 May 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).

Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg Alboran Sea, Marine sample; Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 390µm length, 20µm width, stacked and stitched in Photoshop; Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 390µm length, 20µm width, stacked and stitched in Photoshop
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Publication details
Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg 1832: 87

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1831: 1-154, pls I-IV.
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Type species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Synedra.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulnaria ulna (Nitzsch) Compère

Basionym
Bacillaria ulna Nitzsch

Type information
Type locality: Germany: Wittenberg, Halle District (Index Nominum Algarum). Type: see below (epitype) (Index Nominum Algarum Notes: Epitype (designated by Lange-Bertalot, 2014): Slide Eu-CH 50 in Coll Lange-Bertalot, Senckenberg Museum (FR); from trough of well near Wettswil near ZA1/4rich [?], Switzerland (leg. 10.07.1909)

Origin of species name
Noun (Latin), elbow, forearm (Brown 1954).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Source of current name
Compère, P. (2001). Ulnaria (Kützing) Compère, a new genus name for Fragilaria subgen. Alterasynedra Lange-Bertalot with comments on the typification of Synedra Ehrenberg. In: Lange-Bertalot Festschrift. Studies on diatoms dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Horst Lange-Bertalot on the occasion of his 65th birthday. (Jahn, R., Kociolek, J.P., Witkowski, A. & Compère, P. Eds), pp. 97-101. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G.

Key references
Aboal, M., Álvarez Cobelas, M., Cambra, J. & Ector, L. (2003). Floristic list of non-marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. Updated taxonomy and bibliography. Diatom Monographs 4: 1-639.

Cheng Zhaodi & Gao Yahui [Cheng, Z.D. & Gao, Y.H.] (2012). Flora algarum marinarum sinicarum. Tomus V. Bacillariophyta No. I. Centricae. pp. [i-viii], i-xxvi, 1-137 plus 35 pls. Beijing: Science Press.

Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995). Bibliographic check-list of non-marine algae in Australia. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 4: [i]-vii, 1-276.

Edlund, M.B., Williams, R.M. & Soninkhishig, N. (2003). The planktonic diatom diversity of ancient Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia. Phycologia 42: 232-260.

Foged, N. (1966). Freshwater diatoms from Ghana. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Biologiske Shrifter 15(1): 1-169, 25 pls.

Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1-1023. China: www.sciencep.com.

Hustedt, F. (1930). Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae) Zweite Auflage. In: Die Süsswasser-Flora Mitteleuropas. Heft 10. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. [i]-vii, [1]-466. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer.

Lee, J.H. (2010). Fragilaria, Hannaea, Pseudostaurosira, Punctastriata, Staurosira, Staurosirella. In: Algal flora of Korea. Volume 3, Number 2. Chrysophyta: Bacillariophyceae: Pennales: Araphidineae: Diatomaceae. Freshwater diatoms II. (Joh, G., Lee, J.H., Lee, K. & Yoon, S.-K. Eds), pp. 53-96. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources.

Pankow, H. (1976). Algenflora der Ostsee. II. Plankton (einschliesslich benthischer Kieselalgen). pp. 1-493, 880 figs, 26 pls. Jena: Gustav Fischer.

Proshkina-Lavrenko, A.I. (Ed.) (1950). Diatomovyi Analiz. Opredelitel' iskopaemykh i sovremennykh diatomikh vodorosleyi. Poryadok Pennales [Diatom Analysis. Manual for identification of fossil and modern diatoms. Order Pennales]. Vol. 3 pp. 398, 117 plates. Moscow & Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoye Izdatel'stvo Geologicheskoy Literatury. [in Russian]

Qi Yuzao & Li Jiaying & Qi Yuzao [ Qi, Y.Z. & Li, J.Y.] with Xie Shuqi & Zhang Zian [Xie,S.-Q. & Zhang, Z.] (2004). Flora algarum sinicarum aquae dulcis Tomus X Bacillariophyta Pennatae (Arpahidiales Raphidionales). pp. [1-8], i-xix, 1-161, plus pls I-XLI. Beijing: Science Press.

Skuja, H. (1956). Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series IV 16(3): 1-404, + 63 pls.

Slate, J. & Stevenson, R.J. (2007). The diatom flora of phosphorus-enriched and unenriched sites in a Everglades marsh. Diatom Research 22(2): 355-386, 82 figs, 1 table.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 02 April 2020 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Fujita, M. & Hashizume, K. (1975). Status of uptake of mercury by the fresh water diatom, Synedra ulna. Water Resources 9: 889-894.
Lange-Bertalot, H. & Compère, P. (2001). Fragilaria subgen. Ulnaria, comb. nov., the correct name of the genus including Synedra ulna, when treated in Fragilaria. Diatom Research 16(1): 103-104.
Le Cohu, R. (1988). Fragilaria alpestris, Opephora naveana nov. sp. et le complexe Synedra ulna (Bacillariophycées, Araphidinées): morphologie et ultrastructure. Cryptogame Algologie 9: 101-116.
Le Cohu, R. (1988). Fragilaria alpestris, Opephora naveana nov. sp. et le complexe Synedra ulna (Bacillariophycées, Araphidinées): morphologie et ultrastructure. Cryptogame Algologie 9: 101-116.
Roessler, P.G. (1988). Characteristics of abrupt size reduction in Synedra ulna (Bacillariophyceae). Phycologia 27: 294-297, 3 figs, 1 table.
You, Q., Liu, Y., Wang,Y. & Wang, Q. (2008). Synedra ulna var. repanda, a new variety of Synedra (Bacillariophyta) from Xinjiang, China. Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines 26(4): 419-420, 1 fig..

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