Fragilaria mesodon Ehrenberg 1839

Odontidium mesodon (Ehrenberg) Kützing

Current name: Odontidium mesodon (Ehrenberg) Kützing
North Cascades, Washington, USA; Lower Bagley Lake, 1000x, DIC - 22 August 2012. Karl Bruun

Publication Details
Fragilaria mesodon Ehrenberg 1839: 57, pl. II Gruppe 1: fig. 9

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Über das im Jahre 1686 in Curland vom Himmel gefallene Meteor- papier und über dessen Zusammensetzung aus Conferven und Infusorien. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1838: 45-58, 2 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fragilaria is Fragilaria pectinalis (O.F.Müller) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Odontidium mesodon (Ehrenberg) Kützing.

Type Information
Type locality: inter Confervarum telam Fribergensem et e Fionia missa; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: papierartige terrestrische Gebilde (inter Confervarum Freiberg (Schwarzenberg) in Sachsen (INA).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 November 2020

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 November 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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