Rhizosolenia Brightwell 1858 (diatom)
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Bacillariophyceae - Rhizosoleniales - Rhizosoleniaceae
Full reference: T. Brightwell. 1858. Remarks on the genus Rhizosolenia of Ehrenberg. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London 6:93-95
Parent taxon: Rhizosoleniaceae according to G. B. De Toni 1890
See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983 and Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Dactyliosolen, Proboscia, Pseudosolenia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (12)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (15)
Total: 29 collections including 40 occurrences
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