Tabellaria
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| Tabellaria | |
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| Tabellaria fenestrata | |
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| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Tabellariales |
| Family: | Tabellariaceae |
| Genus: | Tabellaria Ehrenberg ex F.T.Kützing |
Tabellaria is a genus of diatoms (Bacillariophyceae).[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.
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
[edit] External links
Protist Images Database:Tabellaria - Micrographs of Tabellaria species, but with only T. fenestrata identified to the species level - Tabellaria at algaebase.org
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