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Mastogloia

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Mastogloia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Mastogloiales
Family: Mastogloiaceae
Genus: Mastogloia
G.H.K.Thwaites, 1856
Type species
Mastogloia dansei
Thwaites in W.Smith

Mastogloia is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Mastogloiaceae.[1] The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, primarily in marine waters.[1][2]

Members of this genus have complex silica chambers called partecta (singular partectum) along the sides of the first girdle band and are found only in the genus Mastogloia.[3]

Species

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Species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mastogloia G.H.K.Thwaites, 1856". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Mastogloia | Genera - Diatoms of North America". diatoms.org. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  3. ^ Round, F. E.; Crawford, R. M.; Mann, D. G. (1990). The Diatoms: biology & morphology of the genera. Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36318-1.