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Genus of Golden brown algae

Melosira
Melosira monoliformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Melosirales
Family: Melosiraceae
Genus: Melosira
C.A. Agardh, 1824
Synonyms
  • Gaillonella J.B.M. Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1825

Melosira is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats.

Melosira is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like planktons for a certain stage in their life cycle.

Species

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References

  1. ^ "Melosira C.A.Agardh, 1824". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. Baker, A.L. (2012). "An Image-Based Key: Melosira (Bacillariophyceae)". University of New Hampshire. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. Schelske, Claire L.; Carrick, Hunter J.; Aldridge, Frederick J. (December 1995). "Can Wind-Induced Resuspension of Meroplankton Affect Phytoplankton Dynamics?". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 14 (4): 616–630. doi:10.2307/1467545. ISSN 0887-3593. JSTOR 1467545. S2CID 84669320.
Taxon identifiers
Melosira
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