Odontidium F.T. Kützing; 1844; 44
Key references
Williams D.M. 1985. Morphology, Taxonomy and Inter-Relationships of the Ribbed Araphid Diatoms from the Genera Diatoma and Meridion (Diatomaceae: Bacillariophyta). Bibliotheca Diatomologica Vol. 8, J. Cramer, Vaduz. 228 pp.; 27 pls.
Jüttner I., Williams D.M., Levkov Z., Falasco E., Battegazzore M., Van de Vijver B., Angele C., Ector L. 2015. Reinvestigation of the type material for Odontidium hyemale (Roth) Kützing and related species, with description of four new species in the genus Odontidium (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta). Phytotaxa. 234(1): 1-36.
Morphology
Cells isovalvar, isopolar and bilaterally symmetrical.
Frustules linear-elliptic, elliptic-rhombic, elliptic or rhombic with rounded, rostrate or slightly apiculate poles; cells in girdle view rectangular.
Cells can be joined at the valve face and form ribbon-like colonies.
Striae uniseriate with small, round areolae, striae parallel and sometimes slightly radiate towards poles.
Internally prominent transapical ribs extend from the sternum to the mantle.
Sternum narrow to wide and diffuse.
Complex girdle composed of several copulae and a distinct pleural band.
One to several rimoportulae in different locations on the valve face.
Apical pore fields present at both poles.
Non–functional spines form one or several rows along the valve margin. They can sometimes be very few in numbers or missing.
Several elliptical or irregularly lobed chloroplasts.
Frustules linear-elliptic, elliptic-rhombic, elliptic or rhombic with rounded, rostrate or slightly apiculate poles; cells in girdle view rectangular.
Cells can be joined at the valve face and form ribbon-like colonies.
Striae uniseriate with small, round areolae, striae parallel and sometimes slightly radiate towards poles.
Internally prominent transapical ribs extend from the sternum to the mantle.
Sternum narrow to wide and diffuse.
Complex girdle composed of several copulae and a distinct pleural band.
One to several rimoportulae in different locations on the valve face.
Apical pore fields present at both poles.
Non–functional spines form one or several rows along the valve margin. They can sometimes be very few in numbers or missing.
Several elliptical or irregularly lobed chloroplasts.
Literature
References are given in chronological order.
Reference |
Citation |
|---|---|
| Kützing F.T. 1844. Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. Fr. Fritsch, Nordhausen. 152 pp; 30 pls | Morphology; Description; Illustrations |
| 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 Nitzschieae. 12. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 315-472, 545-588 pp; 7 pls. | Morphology; Illustrations |
| Mayer A. 1940. Die Bacillariophyten-Gattung Diatoma in Bayern. Denkschriften der Königlichen-Baierischen Botanischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg. 24: 95–115. | Morphology; Illustrations |
| Williams D.M. 1985. Morphology, Taxonomy and Inter-Relationships of the Ribbed Araphid Diatoms from the Genera Diatoma and Meridion (Diatomaceae: Bacillariophyta). Bibliotheca Diatomologica Vol. 8, J. Cramer, Vaduz. 228 pp.; 27 pls. | Morphology; Illustrations; |
| Jüttner I., Williams D.M., Levkov Z., Falasco E., Battegazzore M., Van de Vijver B., Angele C., Ector L. 2015. Reinvestigation of the type material for Odontidium hyemale (Roth) Kützing and related species, with description of four new species in the genus Odontidium (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta). Phytotaxa. 234(1): 1-36. | Illustrations; Taxonomy; Morphology |
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Williams D. M., Jüttner I. Odontidium F.T. Kützing; 1844; 44. In: Jüttner I., Carter C., Cox E.J., Ector L., Jones V., Kelly M.G., Kennedy B., Mann D.G., Turner J. A., Van de Vijver B., Wetzel C.E., Williams D.M..
Freshwater Diatom Flora of Britain and Ireland. Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. Available online at https://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/diatoms/browsespecies.php?-recid=4331. [Accessed:
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