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Opephora Petit 1889; 15 of 27 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).Order Fragilariales; Family Fragilariaceae
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Araphe unicell, slightly to moderately asymmetric in long axis of valve face, some species shaped like willow-leaf snowshoes. Valve face has 7 – 30 uniseriate rows of ~5 large punctae separated by thick costae and arranged in 2 ranks separated by a thick pseudoraphe connected to the costae. |
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Guiry, M.D. and Guiry, G.M. 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2013. Petit, P. (1888). Diatomées recoltées dans le voisinage du Cap Horn. In: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882 - 1883, vol. 5, Botanique 111-114. (Hariot, P., P. Petit, J. Müller d'Argovie, E. Bescherelle, C. Massalongo,and A. Franchet, Eds), Gauthier-Villas, Paris. |
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