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Lithodesmium

Lithodesmium is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Lithodesmiaceae.

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Lithodesmium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Division: Ochrophyta
Clade: Bacillariophyta
Class: Thalassiosirophyceae
Order: Lithodesmiales
Family: Lithodesmiaceae
Genus: Lithodesmium
C.G.Ehrenberg, 1839

Lithodesmium is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Lithodesmiaceae.1

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.1

Species

Species:1

  • Lithodesmium africanum Leuduger-Fortmorel, 1898
  • Lithodesmium asketogonium Barron, 1975
  • Lithodesmium biceps H.Peragallo, 1909
  • Lithodesmium californicum Grunow, 1883
  • Lithodesmium contractum L.W.Bailey, 1861
  • Lithodesmium cornigerum J.Brun, 1896
  • Lithodesmium duckerae Von Stosch, 1987
  • Lithodesmium ehrenbergii Forti
  • Lithodesmium hirtum (Ehrenberg)
  • Lithodesmium margaritaceum Long, Fuge & Smith, 1946
  • Lithodesmium minusculum
  • Lithodesmium pliocenicum Schrader, 1973
  • Lithodesmium reynoldsii Barron, 1976
  • Lithodesmium rotunda Schrader, 1976
  • Lithodesmium undulatum Ehrenberg, 1839
  • Lithodesmium variabile Takano, 1979
  • Lithodesmium victoriae Karsten, 1906
References

References

  1. "Lithodesmium C.G.Ehrenberg, 1839". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 April 2021.