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Encyonema

Bacillariophyceae - Diatomaceae

Taxonomy
Encyonema was named by Kützing (1844). It is extant.

It was assigned to Diatomaceae by Kützing (1844).

Species lacking formal opinion data
E. lacustre, E. ventricosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Encyonema Kützing

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Stramenopiles(Campbell et al. 1999)
RankNameAuthor
phylumOchrophyta
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
familyDiatomaceae
genusEncyonema

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. Encyonema Kützing 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 09:48:18
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Calabrian or 1.80000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific E. lacustre (271233) E. spp. (271234)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North Pacific E. spp. (273554)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific E. lacustre (271131) E. spp. (271082) E. ventricosa (273729)