Odontella elegans (Greville) De Toni 1894
Current name:
Amphitetras elegans Greville
1000x __Dim. 73 µm - 03 April 2011. Robert Lavigne. (MicroscopyView.com)
Publication Details
Odontella elegans (Greville) De Toni 1894: 869
Published in: De Toni, G.B. (1894). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. II. Bacillariaeae. Sect. III. - Cryptorhaphideae. pp. [i-vi], 819-1556. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Request PDFPublication date: 28 April 1894
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Odontella is Odontella aurita (Lyngbye) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Amphitetras elegans Greville.
Basionym
Amphitetras elegans Greville
Type Information
Type locality: "Monterey deposit; L. Hardman, Esq."; (Greville 1866: 9) Holotype: BM; 10007 (Williams 1988: 7, pl. 6: figs 4, 8)
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), elegant (Stearn 1973).
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 January 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 January 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024
