Ellerbeckia R.M. Crawford; 1988; 421, 422
Key references
Crawford F.E. 1988. A reconsideration of Melosira arenaria and M. teres; resulting in a proposed new genus Ellerbeckia. Round F.E. (ed.) Algae and the Aquatic Environment. Bristol, Biopress. 413-433 pp
Crawford R.M., Sims P.A. 2006. The diatoms Radialiplicata sol (Ehrenberg) Gleser and R. clavigera (Grunow) Gleser and their transfer to Ellerbeckia, Crawford, thus a genus with freshwater and marine representatives. Nova Hedwigia, Beiheft. 130: 137-162.
Sims P.A., Crawford R.M. 2017. Earliest records of Ellerbeckia and Paralia from Cretaceous deposits: a description of three species, two of which are new. Diatom Research. 32(1): 1-9.
Morphology
Cells cylindrical, with numerous small discoid plastids, forming long chains. Complex, robust, circular valves.
Linking valve and separation valve heterovalvy, sibling cameo and intaglio valve heterovalvy.
Cameo valve with radiating ridges and stepped mantle, intaglio valve with complementary grooves and mantle without step.
Thick inner layer of valve mantle penetrated by long tubes and one or two rows of porelliportulae. Outer layer of valve mantle with channel shaped areolae, closed by vela with scattered poroids.
Valve face mostly without areolae.
Rims of linking valves with interlocking or overlapping spines. Valve mantle and valvocopula attached by crenulated edges. Cingulum usually comprised of two bands or one or two series of segmented bands. Valvocopula and bands without ligulae.
Linking valve and separation valve heterovalvy, sibling cameo and intaglio valve heterovalvy.
Cameo valve with radiating ridges and stepped mantle, intaglio valve with complementary grooves and mantle without step.
Thick inner layer of valve mantle penetrated by long tubes and one or two rows of porelliportulae. Outer layer of valve mantle with channel shaped areolae, closed by vela with scattered poroids.
Valve face mostly without areolae.
Rims of linking valves with interlocking or overlapping spines. Valve mantle and valvocopula attached by crenulated edges. Cingulum usually comprised of two bands or one or two series of segmented bands. Valvocopula and bands without ligulae.
Literature
References are given in chronological order.
Reference |
Citation |
|---|---|
| Crawford F.E. 1988. A reconsideration of Melosira arenaria and M. teres; resulting in a proposed new genus Ellerbeckia. Round F.E. (ed.) Algae and the Aquatic Environment. Bristol, Biopress. 413-433 pp | Morphology; Type Illustration |
| Round F.E., Crawford R.M., Mann D.G. 1990. The Diatoms. Biology & Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 747 pp | Morphology; Illustrations |
| Schmid A.-M., Crawford R.M. 2001. Ellerbeckia arenaria (Bacillariophyceae): formation of auxospores and initial cells. European Journal of Phycology. 36: 307-320. | Morphology; Biology; Illustrations |
| Kociolek J.P., Spaulding S.A. 2002. Morphological variation, species concepts and classification of an unusual fossil centric diatom (Bacillariophyta) from western North America. Journal of Phycology. 38: 821-833. | Morphology; Illustrations |
| Houk V. 2003. Atlas of Freshwater Centric Diatoms with a Brief Key and Descriptions. Part 1. Melosiraceae, Orthoseiraceae, Paraliaceae and Aulacoseiraceae. Czech Phycology Supplement Vol.1, Czech Phycological Society, Olomouc. 27 pp | Morphology; Illustrations |
| Crawford R.M. 2004. The diatom genera Ellerbeckia and Actinocyclus: an appraisal of Kociolek and Spaulding. Journal of Phycology. 40(2): 432-434. | Morphology; Illustrations |
| Crawford R.M., Sims P.A. 2006. The diatoms Radialiplicata sol (Ehrenberg) Gleser and R. clavigera (Grunow) Gleser and their transfer to Ellerbeckia, Crawford, thus a genus with freshwater and marine representatives. Nova Hedwigia, Beiheft. 130: 137-162. | ; Morphology; Taxonomy; Illustrations; Description |
| Crawford R.M., 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. | Morphology; Taxonomy; Illustrations |
| Sims P.A., Crawford R.M. 2007. The fossil diatom genus Truania Pantocsek and its relationship with Ellerbeckia Crawford. Diatom Research. 22(1): 197-207. | Morphology |
| Crawford R.M., Sims P.A. 2009. Anuloplicata (Gleser) Gleser, its species and relationships with Ellerbeckia Crawford and Truania Pantocsek within the Radialiplicataceae Gleser & Moisseeva. Diatom Research. 24(2): 253-272. | Morphology |
| Tanaka H., Nagumo T. 2014. Three freshwater Ellerbeckia taxa found in Japan. Diatom. 30: 140-146. | Morphology; Illustrations |
| Sims P.A., Crawford R.M. 2017. Earliest records of Ellerbeckia and Paralia from Cretaceous deposits: a description of three species, two of which are new. Diatom Research. 32(1): 1-9. | Morphology; Illustrations; |
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