WoRMS name details
Fragilaria virescens Ralfs, 1843
172412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172412)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
- Variety Fragilaria virescens var. quebecensis M.Poulin, C.Hudon & A.Cardinal, 1982 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Fragilaria virescens var. oblongella Grunow, 1881 accepted as Fragilariforma virescens (Ralfs) D.M.Williams & Round, 1988 (synonym)
- Variety Fragilaria virescens var. subsalina Grunow, 1881 accepted as Fragilariforma virescens var. subsalina (Grunow) L.N.Bukhtiyarova, 1995 accepted as Fragilaria virescens f. subsalina Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2026). DiatomBase. Fragilaria virescens Ralfs, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172412 on 2026-02-13
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Hartley, B., Ross, R. & Williams, D.M. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 66(3): 531-610., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042235 [details] Available for editors 
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source of synonymy
Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). <em>Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings.</em> No. 95: 210 pp., available online at http://helcom.fi/Lists/Publications/BSEP95.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
additional source Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/names/index.asp [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
