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Name derivation: |
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Classification: |
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Glyphodiscus Greville 1862; 1 of 2 species descriptions is currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).However, a brief internet search finds at least 10 species names: barnardi Kinghorn 1939, grunowi (author?), intermedius N.I. Strelnikova , magnificus Mah 2005, mcknighti Rowe 1989, oamaruensis (author?), pentagonalis Mah 2005, perierctus Fisher 1917, scintillans (author?), stellatus (author?), and subspecies stellatus var. scintillans (author?).Order Triceratiales; Family Triceratiaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Partially quadrate disc with four well rounded ‘corners’, within each is a prominent oval mammillate ‘eye’ (Greville 1862). |
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Auliscus is not at all quadrate. |
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Habitat: |
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Marine plankton. Rare. |
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References: |
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Greville, R.K. 1862. Descriptions of new and rare diatoms. Series VI. Microscopical Society of London, Transactions, London, England. n. s.kv, 10:91. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 March 2013. |
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