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Name derivation:

 

Classification:

Triceratium Ehrenberg, 1839. There are 929 species of which 44 have been taxonomically accepted.

Order Triceratiales;  Family Triceratiaceae

 

Morphology:

Unicells rriangular to square in valve view, some have spines.

Similar genera:

Several triangular diatoms resemble Triceratium, many of which belong to other genera such as Amphitetras, Biddulphia, Cerataulus, Lampriscus, Sheshukovia and Trigonium (guiry and guiry 2013).

Habitat:

Marine, planktonic or benthic.

References:

Ehrenberg, C.G.  1839.  Über jetzt wirklich noch zahlreich lebende Thier-Arten der Kreideformation der Erde.  Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuß. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1839: 152-159.

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 September 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

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