Xanthidium smithii W.Archer 1860

Publication Details
Xanthidium smithii W.Archer 1860: 51, pl. I [1]: figs 10-12 (as 'Smithii')

Published in: Archer, W. (1860). Description of a new species of Cosmarium, and of a new species of Xanthidium. Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Dublin 3: 49-52, plate 1.

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Publication date: 1860

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Xanthidium is Xanthidium aculeatum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: "Numerous specimens were met with by me on a slide marked "Wareham, 1849, W. S.," kindly lent to me by Professor Harvey." [probably Wareham, Dorset, England]; (Archer 1860: 51)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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