Iconella splendida (Ehrenb.) Ruck & Nakov in Notulae algarum 10: 2. 2016.

Jahn, Regine, Kusber, Wolf-Henning & Cocquyt, Christine, 2017, Differentiating Iconella from Surirella (Bacillariophyceae): typifying four Ehrenberg names and a preliminary checklist of the African taxa, PhytoKeys 82, pp. 73-112 : 73-74

Iconella splendida (Ehrenb.) Ruck & Nakov in Notulae algarum 10: 2. 2016.

≡ Navicula splendida Ehrenb. in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1831: 81. 1832.

≡ Surirella splendida (Ehrenb.) Ehrenb. in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1841: 389. 1843.

Lectotype

(designated here). [icon!] Drawing BHUPM 1160. (The cell representing the lectotype is reproduced here as Fig. 2A “2-4”).

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Further material.

Mica preparation BHUPM 540178-1 shows a girdle view with dark inclusions and is not informative for identification.

Comment.

Iconella splendida was introduced in Ruck et al. (2016a) and validated in Ruck et al. (2016b).

Figures

Figure 2. Iconella splendida. Lectotype: Drawing BHUPM 1160. A The alive cell representing the lectotype in three views (hand written numbers 2 - 4), length 188 µm B Later documentation of valve details by Ehrenberg, hand written numbers 5 - 6 represent a 226 µm long cell.