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Diatoma
Sign in to saveDiatoma is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Fragilariaceae.
Species
Genus
- PhylumHeterokontophyta
- ClassBacillariophyceae
- OrderFragilariales
- FamilyFragilariaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 165
- With media
- 93
- Family
- Fragilariaceae
- Collections
- YPM, NCU, NY, US, NHMUK, ALAJ
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Vietnam, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Philippines, Germany, Netherlands
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Fragilariaceae
- Image
- Diatoma mesedon.jpeg
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- Diatoma
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- taxon name
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Diatoma is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Fragilariaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diatoma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.