Epithemia Kützing 1844 (diatom)
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Bacillariophyceae - Rhopalodiales - Rhopalodiaceae
Full reference: F.T. Kützing. 1844. Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. Nordhausen 152pp,3pls
Parent taxon: Rhopalodiaceae according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Rhopalodia, Yoshidaia
Subtaxa: Epithemia argus Epithemia sorex
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection), Indian Ocean (5), Kenya (1), North Atlantic (1), Sweden (1)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (3)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
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