Melosira baileyi (H.L.Smith) Meneghini 1846

Publication Details
Melosira baileyi (H.L.Smith) Meneghini 1846: 96 (as 'Melosira (Pleurosira) baileyi')

Published in: Meneghini, G. (1846). Sulla animalità delle Diatomee e revisione organografica dei generi di Diatomee stabiliti dal Kützing. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettero ed Arti 5: 43-231.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melosira is Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ellerbeckia baileyi (H.L.Smith) R.M.Crawford & P.A.Sims.

Source of Synonymy
Crawford, R.A. & Sims, P.A. (2007). Ellerbeckia baileyi (H.L. Smith) Crawford & Sims comb. nov.: typification and frustule morphology of a rare freshwater fossil diatom. Diatom Research 22(1): 17-26, 22 figs.

Basionym
Cestodiscus baileyi H.L.Smith

Type Information
Type locality: Lost River, Lower Klamath Lake, Oregon , U.S.A.; (Crawford & Sims 2007: 22) Lectotype (designated by Crawford & Sims 22: 2007:22, fig. 8): BM; 25628, England Finder 035/036 (Crawford & Sims 2007: 22, fig. 8)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 April 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 January 2025

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