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Navicula lyra Ehrenberg, 1843

149430 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149430)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Heterokontophyta (Phylum)
  4. Bacillariophytina (Subphylum)
  5. Bacillariophyceae (Class)
  6. Bacillariophycidae (Subclass)
  7. Bacillariophycanae (Superorder)
  8. Naviculales (Order)
  9. Naviculaceae (Family)
  10. Navicula (Genus)
  11. Navicula lyra (Species)
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Navicula J.B.M. Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822

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  1. Variety Navicula lyra var. intermedia H.Peragallo & M.Peragallo, 1897
  2. Variety Navicula lyra var. irregularis Hagelstein, 1939
  3. Forma Navicula lyra f. bullata (Norman) Cleve, 1895 accepted as Navicula bullata var. bullata Norman, 1861 (uncertain > unassessed)
  4. Forma Navicula lyra f. elliptica (Schmidt) Hustedt, 1964 accepted as Navicula lyra var. elliptica Schmidt, 1874 (uncertain > unassessed)
  5. Forma Navicula lyra f. minor W. West, 1912 (uncertain > unassessed)
  6. Forma Navicula lyra f. robertsiana (Greville) Cleve, 1901 accepted as Navicula robertsiana f. robertsiana Greville, 1865 (uncertain > unassessed)
  7. Variety Navicula lyra var. abnormis Grunow in Schmidt et al., 1874 (uncertain > unassessed)
  8. Variety Navicula lyra var. abrupta Gregory, 1857 (uncertain > unassessed)
  9. Variety Navicula lyra var. acuta Pantocsek, 1889 (uncertain > unassessed)
  10. Variety Navicula lyra var. americana Heiden in Schmidt et al., 1905 (uncertain > unassessed)
  11. Variety Navicula lyra var. approximata (Greville) Cleve, 1878 accepted as Navicula approximata f. approximata Greville, 1859 (uncertain > unassessed)
  12. Variety Navicula lyra var. arctica Østrup, 1910 (uncertain > unassessed)
  13. Variety Navicula lyra var. asymmetrica Desikachary & Prema in Desikachary, 1989 (uncertain > unassessed)
  14. Variety Navicula lyra var. australica Schmidt in Schmidt et al., 1874 (uncertain > unassessed)
  15. Variety Navicula lyra var. connectens Grunow in Pantocsek, 1886 (uncertain > unassessed)
  16. Variety Navicula lyra var. costata O'Meara, 1875 (uncertain > unassessed)
  17. Variety Navicula lyra var. denudata Grunow Ms. in Cleve, 1895 (uncertain > unassessed)
  18. Variety Navicula lyra var. dubia Leuduger-Fortmorel, 1892 (uncertain > unassessed)
  19. Variety Navicula lyra var. ehrenbergii Cleve, 1895 (uncertain > unassessed)
  20. Variety Navicula lyra var. elliptica Schmidt, 1874 (uncertain > unassessed)
  21. Variety Navicula lyra var. elliptica (W.Smith) O'Meara, 1875 accepted as Navicula elliptica W.Smith, 1853 (uncertain > unassessed)
  22. Variety Navicula lyra var. forcipata (Greville) O'Meara, 1875 accepted as Navicula forcipata f. forcipata Greville, 1859 (uncertain > unassessed)
  23. Variety Navicula lyra var. fornicata Schmidt in Schmidt et al., 1874 (uncertain > unassessed)
  24. Variety Navicula lyra var. granulata H.Peragallo & M.Peragallo, 1897 (uncertain > unassessed)
  25. Variety Navicula lyra var. grunovii O'Meara, 1875 (uncertain > unassessed)
  26. Variety Navicula lyra var. hungarica Pantocsek, 1892 (uncertain > unassessed)
  27. Variety Navicula lyra var. indefinita M.Peragallo accepted as Navicula indefinita M. Peragallo in Tempère & Peragallo, 1908 (uncertain > unassessed)
  28. Variety Navicula lyra var. insignis Schmidt in Schmidt et al., 1874 (uncertain > unassessed)
  29. Variety Navicula lyra var. islandica Østrup, 1916 (uncertain > unassessed)
  30. Variety Navicula lyra var. minor O'Meara, 1875 (uncertain > unassessed)
  31. Variety Navicula lyra var. obscura Heiden (uncertain > unassessed)
  32. Variety Navicula lyra var. producta Pantocsek, 1889 (uncertain > unassessed)
  33. Variety Navicula lyra var. reichelti Heiden in Schmidt et al., 1905 (uncertain > unassessed)
  34. Variety Navicula lyra var. robertsiana (Greville) H. Peragallo, 1888 accepted as Navicula robertsiana f. robertsiana Greville, 1865 (uncertain > unassessed)
  35. Variety Navicula lyra var. schulzii Meister, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
  36. Variety Navicula lyra var. seductilis (A.Schmidt) O'Meara, 1875 accepted as Navicula seductilis A.Schmidt, 1874 (uncertain > unassessed)
  37. Variety Navicula lyra var. signata Schmidt in Schmidt et al., 1874 (uncertain > unassessed)
  38. Variety Navicula lyra var. spectabilis (Greville) H. Peragallo, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
  39. Variety Navicula lyra var. subelliptica Cleve, 1895 (uncertain > unassessed)
  40. Variety Navicula lyra var. subtypica A.Schmidt, 1874 accepted as Lyrella lyra var. subtypica (Heiden) Siqueiros Beltrones in Siqueiros Beltrones et al., 2020 (uncertain > unassessed)
  41. Variety Navicula lyra var. zanzibarica (Greville) Cleve, 1895 accepted as Navicula zanzibarica var. zanzibarica Greville, 1866 (uncertain > unassessed)
  42. Variety Navicula lyra var. constricta H.Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1897 accepted as Lyrella lyra var. constricta Siqueiros Beltrones in Siqueiros et al., 2020 (Later homonym of Navicula lyra var. constricta O'Meara 1875: 393.)
marine, brackish, fresh
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1841). Nachtrag zu dem Vortrage über Verbreitung und Einflufs des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd-und Nord-Amerika. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1841: 202-209
page(s): p. 203 [details] 
Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy  
Distribution geographic region not obtained; recorded as being found in the Bay of Fundy [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. Navicula lyra Ehrenberg, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149430 on 2026-09-06
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original description Ehrenberg, C.G. (1841). Nachtrag zu dem Vortrage über Verbreitung und Einflufs des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd-und Nord-Amerika. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1841: 202-209
page(s): p. 203 [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Meunier, A. (1915). Microplankton de la Mer Flamande: 2. Les Diatomacées (suite) (Le Genre Chaetoceros excepté). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, VII(3). Hayez, imprimeur de l'Académie royale de Belgique: Bruxelles. 182 pp. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source 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] 

source of synonymy 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]
 
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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]
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