Hobaniella P.A. Sims & D. M. Williams, 2018

Sims, Pat A., Williams, David M. & Ashworth, Matt, 2018, Examination of type specimens for the genera Odontella and Zygoceros (Bacillariophyceae) with evidence for the new family Odontellaceae and a description of three new genera, Phytotaxa 382 (1), pp. 1-56 : 38

Hobaniella P.A. Sims & D. M. Williams , gen. nov.

Valve face circular-oval with elevation at each pole. Valve face convex with a strongly raised valve centre lying between almost vertical long, narrow elevations, ocellus on each summit. Valve mantle steep, merging at base into expanded hyaline valve margin. Areolae poroid, in rows radiating from valve centre extending length of narrow elevations. Areolae occluded by a simple velum. Rimoportulae 1–3, arising beneath summit of central area inclined towards opposite poles, each opening through a long narrow spine forked at its summit.

Type: Hobaniella longicruris (Greville) P.A. Sims & D.M. Williams