Ellerbeckia baileyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paraliales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Heterokonta
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Subphylum: Bacillariophytina
Classis: Bacillariophyceae
Subclassis: Coscinodiscophycidae
Superordo: Coscinodiscanae
Ordo: Paraliales

Familia: Paraliaceae
Genus: Ellerbeckia
Species: †Ellerbeckia baileyi

Name

Ellerbeckia baileyi (H.L.Smith) Crawford & P.A.Sims, 2007

Basionym: Cestodiscus baileyi H.L.Smith, 1878

Synonyms:

  • Melosira baileyi (H.L.Smith) Wolle, 1890
  • Coscinodiscus baileyi (H.L.Smith) J.Rattray, 1890


Etymology: Named after the American naturalist, Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811-1857), who supplied the sample to Smith.

References

Primary references

  • Smith, H.L. 1878. Description of new species of diatoms. American Quarterly Microscopical Journal 1: 12-18. Reference page. 
  • Wolle, F. 1890. Diatomaceae of North America. The Commenius Press, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 47 pp. Reference page. 
  • Rattray, J. 1890. A revision of the genus Coscinodiscus Ehrb., and some allied genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 16: 449–692. BHL. Reference page. 
  • 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. Reference page.