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Classification:

Gomphocymbella Otto Müller, 1905;  only 1 of 10 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).

Order Cymbellales; Family Cymbellaceae

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References:

Guiry, M.D. , and G.M. Guiry  2013.  AlgaeBase.  World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.  http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 January 2013.

Müller, O. (1905). Bacillariaceen aus dem Nyassaland und einigen benachbarten Gebieten. III Folge, Naviculoideae-Naviculeae-Gomphoneminae-Gomphocymbellinae-Cymbellinae.  Nitzschioideae-Nitzschieae.. (Engler's) Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte, und Pflantengeographie 36(1/2):137-206, 2 pl.