Cymbella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
Order: | Cymbellales |
Family: | Cymbellaceae |
Genus: | Cymbella C.Agardh, 1830 |
Species | |
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Cymbella is a diatom genus in the family Cymbellaceae including over 800 species. [1]
Amphora is a major genus of marine and freshwater diatoms. With over 1000 species, it is one of the largest genera of diatoms. These diatoms are recognized by their strongly dorsiventral frustules, which means that their ridges lie close to the ventral margin of the valve, and their girdle is much wider on the dorsal side.
Eulima is a genus of small, ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.
Stauroneis is a genus of diatoms (Bacillariophyta) with species that occur in fresh and marine water.