Bacillariophyceae - Fragilariales - Fragilariaceae
Full reference: H.C. Lyngbye. 1819. Tentamen Hydrophytologiae Danicae Continens omnia Hydrophyta Cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, Systematice Disposita, Descripta et iconibus illustrata, Adjectis Simul Speciebus Norvegicis. Hafniae 248pp,7pls
Parent taxon: Fragilariaceae according to R. K. Greville 1833
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Shoshani et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Asterionella, Ceratoneis, Creania, Diatoma, Fragilarioideae, Meridion, Neosynedra, Opephora, Podocystis, Raphoneis, Synedra, Synedropsis, Tabellarioideae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Denmark (1 collection), India (1), United States (6: California, Michigan)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (3)
• Pliocene of Armenia (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Neogene of India (1)
Total: 15 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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