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Fragilaria construens (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1862

149364 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149364)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Heterokontophyta (Phylum)
  4. Bacillariophytina (Subphylum)
  5. Bacillariophyceae (Class)
  6. Fragilariophycidae (Subclass)
  7. Fragilariophycanae (Superorder)
  8. Fragilariales (Order)
  9. Fragilariaceae (Family)
  10. Fragilaria (Genus)
  11. Fragilaria construens (Species)
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Species
Fragilaria H.C. Lyngbye, 1819

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  1. Variety Fragilaria construens var. baltalensis H.P. Gandhi, A.B. Vora & D.J. Mohan, 1985 †
  2. Variety Fragilaria construens var. capitata J.-J.Brun & Héribaud-Joseph
  3. Variety Fragilaria construens var. construens
  4. Variety Fragilaria construens var. indica H.P.Gandhi ex Karthick, 2020 †
  5. Variety Fragilaria construens var. pumilla Grun. in Van Heurck, 1881
  6. Forma Fragilaria construens f. acus Iwahashi, 1937 (uncertain > unassessed)
  7. Forma Fragilaria construens f. alpha Manguin, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  8. Forma Fragilaria construens f. amphioxys Torka, 1909 (uncertain > unassessed)
  9. Forma Fragilaria construens f. asymmetrica (Cleve-Euler) Cleve-Euler, 1953 accepted as Fragilaria mutabilis var. asymmetrica A. Cleve-Euler, 1922 (uncertain > unassessed)
  10. Forma Fragilaria construens f. beta Manguin, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
  11. Forma Fragilaria construens f. biceps (Strose) Cleve-Euler, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
  12. Forma Fragilaria construens f. biceps Strose, 1884 (uncertain > unassessed)
  13. Forma Fragilaria construens f. bigibba (A. Cleve) Cleve-Euler, 1953 accepted as Fragilaria construens var. bigibba A. Cleve, 1895 (uncertain > unassessed)
  14. Forma Fragilaria construens f. binodis (Ehrenberg) Hustedt, 1957 accepted as Navicula binodis Ehrenberg, 1840 accepted as Neidiomorpha binodis (Ehrenberg) M.Cantonati, Lange-Bertalot & N.Angeli, 2010 (uncertain > unassessed)
  15. Forma Fragilaria construens f. borealis Foged, 1974 (uncertain > unassessed)
  16. Forma Fragilaria construens f. construens (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1862 accepted as Staurosira construens var. construens Ehrenberg, 1843 (uncertain > unassessed)
  17. Forma Fragilaria construens f. cruciata Cleve-Euler, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
  18. Forma Fragilaria construens f. extrema Mayer, 1937 (uncertain > unassessed)
  19. Forma Fragilaria construens f. fossilis (Pantocsek) F.W. Mills, 1934 accepted as Staurosira venter var. fossilis Grunow ex Pantocsek, 1889 (uncertain > unassessed)
  20. Forma Fragilaria construens f. fossilis Manguin, 1949 (uncertain > unassessed)
  21. Forma Fragilaria construens f. genuina Mayer, 1937 (uncertain > unassessed)
  22. Forma Fragilaria construens f. genuina Grunow, 1862 (uncertain > unassessed)
  23. Forma Fragilaria construens f. gibba Hustedt, 1948 (uncertain > unassessed)
  24. Forma Fragilaria construens f. gracilis Rabenhorst, 1864 (uncertain > unassessed)
  25. Forma Fragilaria construens f. inaequilatera Cleve-Euler, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
  26. Forma Fragilaria construens f. lata Mayer, 1937 (uncertain > unassessed)
  27. Forma Fragilaria construens f. major (Cleve-Euler) Cleve-Euler, 1953 accepted as Fragilaria construens var. major Cleve-Euler, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
  28. Forma Fragilaria construens f. meniscus (Cleve-Euler) Cleve-Euler, 1953 accepted as Fragilaria construens var. meniscus Cleve-Euler, 1934 (uncertain > unassessed)
  29. Forma Fragilaria construens f. obliqua (Brun & Heribaud in Heribaud) Cleve-Euler, 1953 accepted as Fragilaria binodis var. obliqua Brun & Héribaud in Héribaud, 1893 (uncertain > unassessed)
  30. Forma Fragilaria construens f. perminuta Cleve-Euler, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
  31. Forma Fragilaria construens f. pumila Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
  32. Forma Fragilaria construens f. pusilla (Grunow) Mayer, 1937 accepted as Fragilaria construens var. pusilla Grunow, 1862 (uncertain > unassessed)
  33. Forma Fragilaria construens f. rhomboidalis (Mayer) Mayer, 1937 accepted as Fragilaria construens var. rhomboidalis Mayer, 1916 (1917) (uncertain > unassessed)
  34. Forma Fragilaria construens f. rhomboidalis (Mayer) Mayer, 1916 (1917) accepted as Fragilaria construens var. rhomboidalis Mayer, 1916 (1917) (uncertain > unassessed)
  35. Forma Fragilaria construens f. robusta Fusey, 1951 (uncertain > unassessed)
  36. Forma Fragilaria construens f. rotundata Poretzky, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
  37. Forma Fragilaria construens f. semibigibba Cleve-Euler, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
  38. Forma Fragilaria construens f. subconstricta Cleve-Euler, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
  39. Forma Fragilaria construens f. subrotunda Mayer, 1917 (uncertain > unassessed)
  40. Forma Fragilaria construens f. subsalina (Hustedt) Hustedt, 1957 (uncertain > unassessed)
  41. Forma Fragilaria construens f. triundulata (Reichelt ex Hartz & Ostrup) Hustedt, 1957 accepted as Fragilaria construens var. triundulata Riechelt, 1899 (uncertain > unassessed)
  42. Forma Fragilaria construens f. typica Cleve-Euler, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
  43. Forma Fragilaria construens f. typica Cleve-Euler, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
  44. Forma Fragilaria construens f. typica Mayer, 1937 (uncertain > unassessed)
  45. Forma Fragilaria construens f. undulata Mayer, 1919 (uncertain > unassessed)
  46. Forma Fragilaria construens f. venter (Ehrenberg) Hustedt, 1957 accepted as Fragilaria venter var. venter Ehrenberg, 1854 (uncertain > unassessed)
  47. Variety Fragilaria construens var. amphitetras Bunte, 1901 (uncertain > unassessed)
  48. Variety Fragilaria construens var. asymmetrica (Cleve-Euler) Cleve-Euler, 1932 accepted as Fragilaria mutabilis var. asymmetrica A. Cleve-Euler, 1922 (uncertain > unassessed)
  49. Variety Fragilaria construens var. biceps (Strose) Schonfeldt, 1907 (uncertain > unassessed)
  50. Variety Fragilaria construens var. bigibba A. Cleve, 1895 (uncertain > unassessed)
  51. Variety Fragilaria construens var. binodis (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1862 (uncertain > unassessed)
  52. Variety Fragilaria construens var. binodis Stockmayer, 1909 (uncertain > unassessed)
  53. Variety Fragilaria construens var. capitata Brun & Héribaud-Joseph (uncertain > unassessed)
  54. Variety Fragilaria construens var. circulare Héribaud, 1903 (uncertain > unassessed)
  55. Variety Fragilaria construens var. cruciata (Cleve-Euler) Cleve-Euler, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
  56. Variety Fragilaria construens var. elliptica (Schumann) Frenguelli, 1945 accepted as Fragilaria elliptica f. elliptica Schumann, 1867 (uncertain > unassessed)
  57. Variety Fragilaria construens var. exagona Frenguelli, 1930 (uncertain > unassessed)
  58. Variety Fragilaria construens var. excisa Tempère & Peragallo, 1910 (uncertain > unassessed)
  59. Variety Fragilaria construens var. exigua (W.Smith) Hustedt, 1921 accepted as Triceratium exiguum W.Smith, 1856 (uncertain > unassessed)
  60. Variety Fragilaria construens var. eximiae Tempère & Peragallo, 1911 (uncertain > unassessed)
  61. Variety Fragilaria construens var. fossilis Pantocsek, 1892 (uncertain > unassessed)
  62. Variety Fragilaria construens var. fossilis H.P.Gandhi ex Karthick, 2020 † (uncertain, Nomenclature)
  63. Variety Fragilaria construens var. fossilis H.P. Gandhi, 1998 accepted as Fragilaria construens var. fossilis H.P.Gandhi ex Karthick, 2020 † (uncertain > unassessed, Nomenclature)
  64. Variety Fragilaria construens var. irregularis Cleve-Euler, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
  65. Variety Fragilaria construens var. javanica Hustedt, 1942 (uncertain > unassessed)
  66. Variety Fragilaria construens var. lunata McLaughlin & Stone, 1975 (uncertain > unassessed)
  67. Variety Fragilaria construens var. lunata Stone in McLaughlin & Stone, 1986 (uncertain > unassessed)
  68. Variety Fragilaria construens var. major Cleve-Euler, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
  69. Variety Fragilaria construens var. meniscus Cleve-Euler, 1934 (uncertain > unassessed)
  70. Variety Fragilaria construens var. minor Frenguelli, 1924 (uncertain > unassessed)
  71. Variety Fragilaria construens var. minuta Tempère & H. Peragallo, 1889 (uncertain > unassessed)
  72. Variety Fragilaria construens var. minuta Grunow (uncertain > unassessed)
  73. Variety Fragilaria construens var. nipponica Skvortzow, 1936 (uncertain > unassessed)
  74. Variety Fragilaria construens var. obliqua Heribaud (uncertain > unassessed)
  75. Variety Fragilaria construens var. oblonga Grunow, 1862 (uncertain > unassessed)
  76. Variety Fragilaria construens var. ovata McLaughlin & Stone, 1975 (uncertain > unassessed)
  77. Variety Fragilaria construens var. pusilla Grunow, 1862 (uncertain > unassessed)
  78. Variety Fragilaria construens var. rhomboidalis Mayer, 1916 (1917) (uncertain > unassessed)
  79. Variety Fragilaria construens var. semibinodis Østrup, 1910 (uncertain > unassessed)
  80. Variety Fragilaria construens var. sinuata Reichelt, 1908 (uncertain > unassessed)
  81. Variety Fragilaria construens var. subcapitata Poretzky ex Proschkina-Lavrenko, 1950 (uncertain > unassessed)
  82. Variety Fragilaria construens var. sublika (Hohn & Hellerman) VanLandingham, 1971 accepted as Fragilaria sublika M.H.Hohn & J.Hellerman, 1963 (uncertain > unassessed)
  83. Variety Fragilaria construens var. subrotunda (Mayer) Mayer, 1919 (uncertain > unassessed)
  84. Variety Fragilaria construens var. tabellaria (Smith) H. Peragallo, 1889 (uncertain > unassessed)
  85. Variety Fragilaria construens var. tetragona Frenguelli, 1924 (uncertain > unassessed)
  86. Variety Fragilaria construens var. trigibba (Pantocsek) Frenguelli, 1926 accepted as Fragilaria trigibba Pantocsek, 1902 (uncertain > unassessed)
  87. Variety Fragilaria construens var. trigona (Brun & Héribaud-Joseph) Cleve-Euler, 1922 accepted as Fragilaria pacifica var. trigona Brun & Héribaud-Joseph, 1893 accepted as Staurosirella pinnata var. trigona (Brun & Héribaud-Joseph) M.Aboal & P.C.Silva, 2004 (uncertain > unassessed)
  88. Variety Fragilaria construens var. trigona Istvanffi, 1897 (uncertain > unassessed)
  89. Variety Fragilaria construens var. trinodis Istvánffi, 1898 (uncertain > unassessed)
  90. Variety Fragilaria construens var. trinodis Reichelt (uncertain > unassessed)
  91. Variety Fragilaria construens var. trinodis Heiden, 1900 (uncertain > unassessed)
  92. Variety Fragilaria construens var. triundulata Riechelt, 1899 (uncertain > unassessed)
  93. Variety Fragilaria construens var. exigua (W.Smith) Schulz, 1920 accepted as Staurosira construens var. exigua (W.Smith) H.Kobayasi, 2002 accepted as Triceratium exiguum W.Smith, 1856 (synonym)
  94. Variety Fragilaria construens var. indica H.P. Gandhi, 1998 † accepted as Fragilaria construens var. indica H.P.Gandhi ex Karthick, 2020 † (Invalid - type not designated)
  95. Variety Fragilaria construens var. subsalina Hustedt, 1925 accepted as Pseudostaurosira subsalina (Hustedt) E.A.Morales, 2005 accepted as Fragilaria construens f. subsalina (Hustedt) Hustedt, 1957 (synonym)
  96. Variety Fragilaria construens var. venter (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1881 accepted as Staurosira venter (Ehrenberg) Cleve & Moeller, 1879 accepted as Fragilaria venter var. venter Ehrenberg, 1854 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Lectotype  (of Odontidium tabellaria W.Smith, 1856) BR...  
Lectotype (of Odontidium tabellaria W.Smith, 1856) BR BR-4686 [details]
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 construens (Ehrenberg) Grunow, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149364 on 2026-07-02
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2005-03-30 08:52:46Z
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2005-07-19 06:53:55Z
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Espinel, Nadjejda
2005-08-29 06:52:33Z
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Aracina, Claudia

original description (of Odontidium tabellaria W.Smith, 1856) Smith, W. (1856). Synopsis of British Diatomaceae. John Van Voorst, London 1856., 2: 107 pp., pls. 32-60, 61-62, A-E.
page(s): 17; note: Plate 34, Fig. 291. [details] 

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details] 

basis of record Louis, A.; Petes, J. (1979). Fluctuations écologiques et algologiques dans les estuaires belges (Oostende, Blankenberge et Nieuwpoort): 1. Données de base [Ecological and algological fluctuations in the Belgian estuaries (Oostende, Blankenberge and Nieuwpoort): 1. Basic data]. <i>Studia Algologica Lovaniensia</i>, 7. Story-Scientia: Louvain, Belgium. XXXVI, 355 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota.</em> 1: 155-186. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Lectotype (of Odontidium tabellaria W.Smith, 1856) BR BR-4686 [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Staurosira construens Ehrenberg, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (139 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Odontidium tabellaria W.Smith, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Staurosira construens Ehrenberg, 1843)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Staurosira construens Ehrenberg, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fragilaria construens) 
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Staurosira construens Ehrenberg, 1843)
To NHMUK collection (Odontidium tabellaria W.Sm.; NHMUK:ecatalogue:4730052) (from synonym Odontidium tabellaria W.Smith, 1856)
To PESI (from synonym Staurosira construens Ehrenberg, 1843)
To PESI 
To ITIS
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