Chrysophyceae - Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae
Alternative combination: Dictyocha speculum
Full reference: C.G. Ehrenberg. 1839. Über die Bildung der Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels durch unsichtbare Organismen. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1839:59-147
Belongs to Distephanus according to E. Haeckel 1887
See also Ehrenberg 1839, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Martin 1904
Sister taxa: Distephanus boliviensis, Distephanus pseudofibula, Distephanus crux
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Neogene of India (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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