Puncticulata

Category

Centric
Class

Coscinodiscophyceae
Order

Thalassiosirales
Family

Type Species

Puncticulata comta (Ehrenberg) Håkansson

Contributor

Sarah Spaulding, Mark Edlund - Dec 2008
Reviewer

Sam Rushforth - Jun 2010

Species
Citations & Links
Updates

Citations & Links

Citations

Håkansson, H. (2002) A compilation and evaluation of species in the genera Stephanodiscus, Cyclostephanos and Cyclotella with a new genus in the family Stephanodiscaceae Diatom Research 17: 1-139

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2002.9705534
Handmann, R. (1913) Die Diatomeenflora des Almseegebietes Mitteilungen, Mikrologischer Verein Linz, 1: 4-30
Hayashi, T., Tanimura, Y. and Sakai, H. (2007) Puncticulata versiformis sp. nov. and Cyclotella kathmanduensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), new fossil species from Middle Pleistocene lacustrine sediments, Kathmandu, Nepal Himalaya Journal of Phycology 43: 304-318
Hiroyuki, T. and Tamotsu, N. (2005) Puncticulata ozensis sp. nov., a new freshwater diatom in Lake Oze, Japan Diatom 21: 47-55
Nakov, T., Guillory, W.X., Julius, M.L., Theriot, E.C. and Alverson, A.J. (2015) Towards a phylogenetic classification of species belonging to the diatom genus Cyclotella (Bacillariophyceae): Transfer of species formerly placed in Puncticulata, Handmannia, Pliocaenicus and Cyclotella to the genus Lindavia Phytotaxa 217 (3): 249–264

Publication Link: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.3.2
Tanaka, H. (2007) Taxonomic studies of the genera Cyclotella (Kützing) Brébisson, Discostella Houk et Klee, and Puncticulata Håkanson in the family Stephanodiscaceae Glezer et Makarova (Bacilariophyta) in Japan Bibliotheca Diatomologica 53: 1-205
Wolfe, A.P. and Siver, P.A. (2009) Three extant genera of freshwater thalassiosiroid diatoms from Middle Eocene sediments in northern Canada American Journal of Botany 96 (2): 487-497

Publication Link: 10.3732/ajb.0800307

Updates

Aug 01, 2015 - Pending closure

THE GENUS PUNCTICULATA, ALTHOUGH VALIDLY PUBLISHED, IS NOT LEGITIMATE. TAXA HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO LINDAVIA. THIS PAGE WILL SOON BE CLOSED. - S. Spaulding

Jun 27, 2012 - Illegitimate status

The genus description was modified to note that the genus Puncticulata is illegitimate, and the reason for its status. S. Spaulding and M. Edlund

Cite This Page

Spaulding, S., Edlund, M. (2008). Puncticulata. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://diatoms.org/genera/puncticulata

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