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Navicula approximata Greville, 1859 
AphiaID: 156559

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Khakista (Subphylum) > Bacillariophyceae (Class) > Bacillariophycidae (Subclass) > Bacillariophycanae (Superorder) > Naviculales (Order) > Naviculaceae (Family) > Navicula (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
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 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Lyrella approximata (Greville) D.G.Mann, 1990
Rank Species
Parent Navicula Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822
Sources  basis of record: Rawlence, D.L. 1987. A guide to common phytoplankton of the St. Croix Estuary, New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Museum Publications in Natural Science No. 6. 60 p. [details]

additional source: Hartley, B. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 66: 531-610. [details]

additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

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 Variety Navicula approximata var. approximata Greville, 1859
Variety Navicula approximata var. niceaensis (H. Perag) Hendey, 1958
Distribution Bay of Fundy [details]
FAO fishing area 21 [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
Notes  Diet: phytosynthetic [details]

Distribution: geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [details]

Habitat: pelagic or attached to various marine life [details]

Importance: most abundant phylum of algae [details]

Morphology: yellow brown in color, not green [details]

Predators: marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details]

Reproduction: general for group: both sexual and asexual [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156559
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Date   action   by
2005-05-19 11:58:45Z  created  Claus, Simon
2010-03-29 10:32:01Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Navicula approximata Greville, 1859. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156559 on 2013-05-26
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