Bacillariophyceae - Hemidiscaceae
Full reference: G.C. Wallich. 1860. On the siliceous organisms found in the digestive cavities of the Salpae, and their relation to the Flint nodules of the Chalk Formation. Transactions of the Microscopical Society, New Series, London 8:36-55, pl. 2
Parent taxon: Hemidiscaceae according to G.R. Hasle and E.E. Syvertsen 1996
See also Wallich 1860
Sister taxa: Actinocyclus, Araniscus, Azpeitia, Charcotiella, Roperia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (3 collections), North Pacific (5)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (35), North Pacific (6), South Atlantic (3), South Pacific (2), Southern Ocean (1)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (6), South Atlantic (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of North Pacific (8)
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (3), North Pacific (27), South Pacific (1), Southern Ocean (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (2)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (15), North Pacific (63), South Atlantic (1), Southern Ocean (3)
Total: 186 collections including 195 occurrences
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