Mastogloia
Appearance
Mastogloia | |
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Scientific 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
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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]
- Mastogloia abnormis Al-Handal & Pennesi, 2016
- Mastogloia achnanthioides A.Mann, 1925
- Mastogloia acuta Grunow, 1883
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mastogloia G.H.K.Thwaites, 1856". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Mastogloia | Genera - Diatoms of North America". diatoms.org. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ 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.