Arachnoidiscus Shadbolt 1852 (diatom)
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Bacillariophyceae - Arachnoidiscales - Arachnoidiscaceae
Full reference: G. Shadbolt. 1852. On the structure of the siliceous loricae of the genus Arachnoidiscus. Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London 3:49-54
Parent taxon: Arachnoidiscaceae according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
See also Harwood 1988 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Neogene of India (1)
• Oligocene of India (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (3)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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