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Classification: |
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Striatella C.Agardh 1832; 3 of 57 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order Striatellales; Family Striatellaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Colony of araphe pinnate diatoms, cells attached with mucilage pads at valve poles usually forming a zig-zag pattern (cf. Tabellaria), occasionally unicell, observed almost exclusively in girdle view due to several girdle bands that broaden the girdle into a rectangular outline. Chloroplast tends to become reticulate. |
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Pseudostriatella (Sato et al. 2008) has numerous discoid chloroplasts. |
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Habitat: |
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Marine plankton, widespread. |
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References: |
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Agardh, C.A. 1832. Conspectus Criticus Diatomacearum. Part 4. pp. 49-66. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianus. Guiry. M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 Jul 2013. Sato, S., D.G. Mann, S. Matsumoto and L.K. Medlin 2008. Pseudostriatella(Bacillariophyta): a description of a new araphid diatom genus based on observations of frustule and auxospore structure and 18S rDNA phylogeny. Phycologia47:371-391. |
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