Tabellaria is a genus of freshwaterdiatoms.[1] They arecuboid in shape, and the frustules (siliceous cell walls) are attached at the corners so that the colonies assume a zigzag shape.
| Tabellaria | |
|---|---|
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| Tabellaria fenestrata | |
Scientific classification | |
| 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 fenestrata
Further reading
editMou, 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.
