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Rocella

Bacillariophyceae - Coscinodiscales

Taxonomy
Rocella was named by Hanna (1930). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dictyochophyceae by Hanna (1930); and to Coscinodiscales by Round et al. (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Rocella Hanna p. 115
1990Rocella Round et al. pp. 126, 186-187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomProtista
phylumOchrophyta
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
RankNameAuthor
orderCoscinodiscalesRound and Crawford 1990
genusRocella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Rocella Hanna 1930
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G.D. Hanna 1930An almost flat, circular, disk, composed of silica and variously marked with large and small openings; genoholotype; Rocella gemma Hanna, n. sp. The genus is placed in the Silicoflagellata, a group of marine Prot
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Diet: "photoautotroph"c
Created: 2008-03-19 02:48:18
Modified: 2008-03-19 04:48:18
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available