Family Dictyochaceae Lemmermann 1901

Chrysophyceae - Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae

Full reference: E. Lemmermann. 1901. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Planktonalgen. XII. Notizen über einige Schwebealgen. XIII. Das Phytoplankton des Ryck und des Greifswalder Boddens. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 19:85-95

Parent taxon: Phytomastigophora according to D. Harwood 1988

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Bachmannocena Cannopilus Caryocha Corbisema Cornua Dictyocha Halicalyptra Hannaites Lyramula Mesocena Naviculopsis Neonaviculopsis Octactis Paradictyocha Paramesocena Septamesocena Silicoflagellida Stephanocha Vallacerta

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of Chile (1 collection), Mexico (1), Peru (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Neogene of India (1)

• Oligocene of India (1)

• Eocene of United States (1: California)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (11)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (17)

Total: 35 collections including 165 occurrences

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