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Attheya Flexuosa
''Attheya flexuosa'' is a species of diatoms in the genus ''Attheya ''Attheya'' is a genus of small single celled diatoms. Some of these species were earlier regarded to belong to ''Chaetoceros'', or to '' Gonioceros'', the taxonomic status of some of these species are still debated.Crawford, R.M., Hinz, F. and K ...''. Type material was collected from Benllech, Gwynedd, North Wales in UK on intertidal sand.Crawford, R. M., Gardner, C., Medlin, L. K. 1994. The genus ''Attheya''. I. A description of four new taxa, and the transfer of ''Gonioceros septentrionalis'' and ''G. armatus''. ''Diatom research''. 9:27-51. References External linksINA card Biota of Wales Coscinodiscophyceae Protists described in 1994 Ochrophyte species {{Diatom-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diatom
A diatom (New Latin, Neo-Latin ''diatoma''), "a cutting through, a severance", from el, διάτομος, diátomos, "cut in half, divided equally" from el, διατέμνω, diatémno, "to cut in twain". is any member of a large group comprising several Genus, genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world. Living diatoms make up a significant portion of the Earth's Biomass (ecology), biomass: they generate about 20 to 50 percent of the oxygen produced on the planet each year, take in over 6.7 billion metric tons of silicon each year from the waters in which they live, and constitute nearly half of the organic material found in the oceans. The Protist shell, shells of dead diatoms can reach as much as a half-mile (800 m) deep on the ocean floor, and the entire Amazon basin is fertilized annually by 27 million tons of diatom shell dust transported by transatlantic winds from the African Sahara, much of it from the Bodélé Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attheya
''Attheya'' is a genus of small single celled diatoms. Some of these species were earlier regarded to belong to ''Chaetoceros'', or to '' Gonioceros'', the taxonomic status of some of these species are still debated.Crawford, R.M., Hinz, F. and Koschinski, P. 2000. The combination of ''Chaetoceros gaussii'' (Bacillariophyta) with ''Attheya''. Phycologia 39(3):238-244. Description They are distinguished morphologically from ''Chaetoceros'' by the structure of valve outgrowths or girdle bands. The girdle bands can only be seen with an electron microscope.Crawford, R. M., Gardner, C., Medlin, L. K. 1994. The genus ''Attheya''. I. A description of four new taxa, and the transfer of ''Gonioceros septentrionalis'' and ''G. armatus''. ''Diatom research''. 9:27-51. Resting spores are seldom observed. Vegetative cells tend to attach to different substrates, including other diatoms,Tomas, C. R., Hasle G. R., Syvertsen, E. E., Steidinger, K. A., Tangen, K., Throndsen, J., Heimdal, B. R., (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biota Of Wales
Biota may refer to: * Biota (ecology), the plant and animal life of a region * Biota (plant), common name for a coniferous tree, ''Platycladus orientalis'' * Biota, Cinco Villas, a municipality in Aragon, Spain * Biota (band), a band from Colorado, USA * Biota!, a proposed aquarium in London * ''Biota'' (album), a 1982 album by Mnemonist Orchestra See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coscinodiscophyceae
The Coscinodiscophyceae are a class of diatoms. They are similar to the Centrales, a traditional, paraphyletic subdivision of the heterokont algae known as diatoms. The order is named for the shape of the cell wall#Diatom cell walls, cell walls (or valves or frustules) of centric diatoms, which are circular or ellipsoid in valve view. The valves often bear Symmetry (biology), radially symmetrical ornamental patterns that can appear as dots when viewed with an optical microscope. Some also bear spines on their valves, which may either increase cell surface area and reduce sinking, or act as a deterrent to zooplankton grazers. Unlike pennate diatoms, centric diatoms never have a raphe. In terms of cell cycle, vegetative reproduction, vegetative cells are diploid and undergo mitosis during normal cell division. In sexual species, oogamy, oogamous meiosis produces haploid gametes, either ovum, ova or sperm cells. These fuse to produce a zygote which expands in size to develop i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protists Described In 1994
A protist () is any eukaryotic organism (that is, an organism whose cells contain a cell nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus. While it is likely that protists share a common ancestor (the last eukaryotic common ancestor), the exclusion of other eukaryotes means that protists do not form a natural group, or clade. Therefore, some protists may be more closely related to animals, plants, or fungi than they are to other protists. However, like the groups ''algae'', ''invertebrates'', and ''protozoans'', the biological category ''protist'' is used for convenience. Others classify any unicellular eukaryotic microorganism as a protist. The study of protists is termed protistology. History The classification of a third kingdom separate from animals and plants was first proposed by John Hogg in 1860 as the kingdom Protoctista; in 1866 Ernst Haeckel also proposed a third kingdom Protista as "the kingdom of primitive forms". Originally these also included prokaryotes, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
