Tabellaria
| Tabellaria | |
|---|---|
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| Tabellaria fenestrata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Tabellarialles |
| Family: | Tabellariaceae |
| Genus: | Tabellaria Ehrenberg ex F.T.Kützing |
Tabellaria is a genus of freshwater diatoms.[1] They are cuboid in shape, and the frustules (siliceous cell walls) are attached at the corners so that the colonies assume a zigzag shape.
Further reading
[edit]Mou, Daiqing; Stoermer, Eugene (1992). "SEPARATING TABELLARIA BACILLARIOPHYCEAE SHAPE GROUPS BASED ON FOURIER DESCRIPTORS" (PDF). Journal of Phycology. 28: 386–395. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1992.00386.x. hdl:2027.42/66204.
Potapova, Marina (October 2011). "Tabellaria vetteri: a New Diatom". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163 (1): 35–41. doi:10.1635/053.161.0102.
Knudson, Brenda M (July 1952). "The Diatom Genus Tabellaria: I. Taxonomy and Morphology". Annals of Botany. 16 (63): 421–440. ISSN 0305-7364.
References
[edit]- ^ Hoek, C. van den; Mann, D. G.; Jahns, Hans Martin (1995). Algae: an Introduction to Phycology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-31687-1.
External links
[edit]- Protist Images Database:Tabellaria - Micrographs of Tabellaria species, but with only T. fenestrata identified to the species level
- - Tabellaria at algaebase.org
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