Odontidium hyemale var. mesodon (Ehrenberg) Grunow 1862

Publication Details
Odontidium hyemale var. mesodon (Ehrenberg) Grunow 1862: 43 (357)

Published in: Grunow, A. (1862). Die österreichischen Diatomaceen nebst Anschluss einiger neuen Arten von andern Lokalitäten und einer kritischen Uebersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen und Arten. Erste Folge. Epithemieae, Meridioneae, Diatomeae, Entopyleae, Surirelleae, Amphipleureae. Zweite Folge. Familie Nitschiaea. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 315-472 [Abt 1], 545-588 [Abt. 2], 7 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Odontidium is Odontidium hyemale (Roth) Kützing.

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

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

Basionym
Fragilaria mesodon Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: inter Confervarum telam Fribergensem et e Fionia missa; (INA 1996) Notes: papierartige terrestrische Gebilde (inter Confervarum Freiberg (Schwarzenberg) in Sachsen (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), pertaining to winter, also "hiemale" (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 23 December 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025

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