Tabellaria
Tabellaria fenestrata
Scientific classification
(unranked):
SAR
Superphylum:
Heterokonta
Class:
Fragilariophyceae
Order:
Tabellariales
Family:
Tabellariaceae
Genus:
Tabellaria

Ehrenberg ex F.T.Kützing
Tabellaria fenestrata

Tabellaria is a genus of freshwater diatoms (Bacillariophyta).[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

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

  1. ↑ 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.
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