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Eunotia

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Eunotia
Eunotia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Eunotiales
Family: Eunotiaceae
Genus: Eunotia
Ehrenberg, 1837[1]
Species

Several, including:

Synonyms

Temachium Wallroth, 1833[2]

Eunotia is a genus of diatoms. They are fresh water diatoms, specifically common in lakes, and they are also common in fossil records, although their siliceous wall design may have been lost and they appear plane, an example is Eunotia tetradon.

References

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  1. ^ Ehrenberg, C.G. (1837). Über ein aus fossilen Infusorien bestehendes, 1832 zu Brod verbacknes Bergmehl von den Grenzen Lapplands in Schweden. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuß. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1837: 43-45
  2. ^ Physoderma. FG Wallroth Flora Crypto. Germ 4, 192, 1833