Thalassiothrix Cleve and Grunow 1880 (diatom)
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Bacillariophyceae - Thalassionematales - Thalassionemataceae
Full reference: P.T. Cleve and A. Grunow. 1880. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arctischen Diatomeen. Kongliga Svenska-Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 17(2):121 pp.
Parent taxon: Thalassionemataceae according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983 and Andrews 1976
Sister taxa: Lioloma, Thalassionema, Trichotoxon
Subtaxa: Thalassiothrix longissima Thalassiothrix nitzschioides
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (2 collections)
• Miocene of Mexico (2), United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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