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(Gr.) Cteno- comb, -phora carrier
Unfortunately synonymous with the animal phylum Ctenophora ("Comb Jellies" of the ocean plankton).
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Classification: |
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Ctenophora (Grunow) D.M.Williams & Round, 1986; Currently 1 of 7 species descriptions are accepted taxonomically (Guiry 2013).Order Fragilariales; Family Fragilariaceae |
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Similar genera: |
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Synedra
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater
epiphytes.
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2012. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National
University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org;
searched on 15 December 2013.
Williams, D.M. & Round, F.E. (1986). Revision of the genus Synedra Ehrenb. Diatom Research 1(2): 313-339.
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