Pseudostaurosira parasitica (W.Smith) E. Morales (2003: 287)

Vijver, Bart Van de, 2022, Lectotypification of four former Odontidium species described by William Smith (Bacillariophyta, Fragilariales), Notulae Algarum 226, pp. 1-3 : 2

Pseudostaurosira parasitica (W.Smith) E. Morales (2003: 287) ( Figs 23–29 )

Basionym: Odontidium parasiticum W.Smith A synopsis of the British Diatomaceae , 19, pl. LX[60]: fig. 375, 1856.

Lectotype (here designated): slide BR-4688 ( BR, Meise Botanic Garden); Queen’s Park [now generally known as Holyrood Park], Edinburgh, coll. date 19.VII.1854, leg. Dr. [ R.K.] Greville. The lectotype is represented by Fig. 27 .

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Figures

Figures 1–29. Four (former) Odontidium species described in Smith (1856). Original drawings and LM pictures taken from the lectotype material. Fig. 1. Original drawing of Odontidium harrisonii W.Smith 1856: pl. LX: fig. 373 [=Staurosirella harrisonii (W.Smith) E.Morales & C.E.Wetzel in Morales & al. 2015]. Figs 2–6. Five valves in decreasing length series of Staurosirella harrisonii. Fig. 7. Original drawing of Odontidium tabellaria W.Smith 1856: pl. XXXIV: fig. 291 [≡ Staurosira tabellaria (W.Smith) Leuduger-Fortmorel 1878]. Figs 8–14. Seven valves in decreasing length series of Staurosira tabellaria. Fig. 15. Original drawing of Odontidium mutabile W.Smith 1856: pl. XXXIV: fig. 290 [=Staurosirella mutabilis (W.Smith) E.Morales & Van de Vijver in Morales & al. 2015]. Figs 16–22. Colony and six valves in decreasing length series of Staurosirella mutabilis. Fig. 23. Original drawing of Odontidium parasiticum W.Smith 1856: pl. LX: fig. 375 [=Pseudostaurosira parasitica (W.Smith) E.Morales 2003]. Figs 24–29. Six valves in decreasing length series of Pseudostaurosira parasitica. Scale bars represent 10 µm. Original drawings not represented on the same scale.