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Home / Diatoms / Pennate / Unicells / Biraphes / Symmetric / Neidium |
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Name derivation: |
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Classification: |
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Neidium Pfitzer 1871; 75 of 246 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).Order Naviculales; Family Neidiaceae
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Morphology: |
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Unicellular biraphes with uniseriate striae lying perpendicular to long axis of valve.
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater, slightly acidic water, widely distributed by generally uncommon (Spaulding and Edlund 2009). |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. and Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2013. Spaulding, S., and M. Edlund 2009. Neidium. In: diatoms of the United States. http://westerndiatoms.colorado.edu/taxa/genus/Neidium. |
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