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Name derivation:

Classification:

Diatomella Greville, 1855;5 of 12 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry 2013).

Order Naviculales;  Family Pinnulariaceae

 

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Habitat:

Freshwater

 

References:

Greville, R.K.  1855.  Report on a collection of Diatomaceae made in the district of Braemar by Professor Balfour and Mr. George Lawson. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd series 15: 252-261, pl. IX.

Guiry, M.D. in Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry  2013.  AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.  http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 January 2013.