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Diploneis elliptica (Kützing) Cleve, 1894
156558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156558)
accepted
Species
Navicula elliptica Kützing, 1844 · uncertain > unassessed (basionym)
- Forma Diploneis elliptica f. baicalensis Skvortzow & Meyer, 1928
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. elliptica (Kützing) Cleve, 1894
- Forma Diploneis elliptica f. grandis (Grunow) Cleve-Euler, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Diploneis elliptica f. minor (Grunow) Cleve-Euler, 1953 accepted as Navicula elliptica var. minor Grunow, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Forma Diploneis elliptica f. minor Cleve-Euler, 1939 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. baicalensis Skvortzow & Meyer, 1928 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. cocconeoides Rabenhorst accepted as Pinnularia cocconeoides Rabenhorst, 1853 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. disciformis (Rabenhorst) M. Peragallo, 1897 accepted as Pinnularia disciformis Rabenhorst, 1853 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. elliptica Mayer, 1913 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. elliptica Heribaud, 1903 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. elongata Fusey, 1948 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. fossilis (Pantocsek) F.W. Mills, 1934 accepted as Navicula elliptica var. fossilis Pantocsek, 1892 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. genuina Meister, 1912 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. grandis (Grunow) Cleve, 1894 accepted as Navicula elliptica var. grandis Grunow, 1882 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. grossepunctata (Pantocsek) F.W. Mills, 1934 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. hankae Skvortzow, 1929 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. ladogensis Fontell, 1917 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. linearis Cleve-Euler in Backman & Cleve-Euler, 1922 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. maeotica (Pantocsek) F.W. Mills, 1934 accepted as Navicula maeotica Pantocsek, 1902 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. magnapunctata Fontell, 1917 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. major (M. Peragallo & Heribaud) F.W. Mills, 1934 accepted as Navicula elliptica var. major M. Peragallo & Héribaud in Héribaud, 1893 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. minuta (Van Heurck) F.W. Mills, 1934 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. minutissima (Grunow) F.W.Mills, 1934 accepted as Navicula elliptica var. minutissima Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. mongolica Mereschkowsky, 1906 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. oblongella (Nägeli) F.W.Mills, 1934 accepted as Navicula oblongella var. oblongella Naegeli in Kutzing, 1849 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. ostracodarum (Pantocsek) Cleve, 1894 accepted as Navicula ostracodarum Pantocsek, 1892 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. pygmaea Cleve-Euler, 1934 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. quilinoi Deletang (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. salina Halden, 1929 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. tenuis Cleve-Euler, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. tropica (Zimmermann) Frenguelli, 1933 accepted as Navicula elliptica var. tropica Zimmermann, 1918 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Diploneis elliptica var. ladogensis Cleve, 1891 accepted as Diploneis ladogensis P.T. Cleve, 1891
Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. <em>Nordhausen.</em> 152 pp., 30 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64360 [details] 
(of Navicula elliptica f. elliptica Kützing, 1844) Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. <em>Nordhausen.</em> 152 pp., 30 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64360
page(s): p. 98; pl. 30, fig. 55 [details]
(of Navicula elliptica f. elliptica Kützing, 1844) Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. <em>Nordhausen.</em> 152 pp., 30 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64360
page(s): p. 98; pl. 30, fig. 55 [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. Diploneis elliptica (Kützing) Cleve, 1894. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156558 on 2026-07-29
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original description
Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. <em>Nordhausen.</em> 152 pp., 30 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64360 [details]
original description (of Navicula elliptica f. elliptica Kützing, 1844) Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. <em>Nordhausen.</em> 152 pp., 30 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64360
page(s): p. 98; pl. 30, fig. 55 [details]
basis of record Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Stoermer, E.F., R.G. Kreis, Jr. and N.A. Andersen. 1999. Checklist of diatoms from the Laurentian Great Lakes, II. Journal of Great Lakes Research 25(3): 515-566., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0380-1330(99)70759-8 [details]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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]
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 [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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 [request]
new combination reference Cleve, P.T. (1894). Synopsis of the Naviculoid Diatoms, Part I. Kongliga Svenska-Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar, 26(2): 1-194, 5 pls
page(s): p. 92 [details]
identification resource Sala S.E. Vouilloud A.A. Heguilor S. (2018). Valve morphology of Diploneis sudamericana nov. sp.and Diploneis elliptica (Kützing) Cleve. <em>Nova Hedwigia.</em> Beiheft 147, p. 295–306., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/nova-suppl/2018/022 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Navicula elliptica f. elliptica Kützing, 1844) Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. <em>Nordhausen.</em> 152 pp., 30 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64360
page(s): p. 98; pl. 30, fig. 55 [details]
basis of record Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Stoermer, E.F., R.G. Kreis, Jr. and N.A. Andersen. 1999. Checklist of diatoms from the Laurentian Great Lakes, II. Journal of Great Lakes Research 25(3): 515-566., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0380-1330(99)70759-8 [details]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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]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
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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
[request]new combination reference Cleve, P.T. (1894). Synopsis of the Naviculoid Diatoms, Part I. Kongliga Svenska-Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar, 26(2): 1-194, 5 pls
page(s): p. 92 [details]
identification resource Sala S.E. Vouilloud A.A. Heguilor S. (2018). Valve morphology of Diploneis sudamericana nov. sp.and Diploneis elliptica (Kützing) Cleve. <em>Nova Hedwigia.</em> Beiheft 147, p. 295–306., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/nova-suppl/2018/022 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Navicula elliptica Kützing, 1844) BMNH BM 001231786 [details]
Unknown type (of Navicula elliptica Kützing, 1844) NHMUK BM 001231786 [details]
Unknown type BM 001231786 [details]
Unreviewed
Diet phytosynthetic [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]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (195 publications) (from synonym Navicula elliptica Kützing, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS)
To Dyntaxa
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Navicula elliptica Kützing, 1844)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To Catalogue of Diatom Names (CAS)
To Dyntaxa
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Navicula elliptica Kützing, 1844)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
