''Melosira'' is a genus of

diatom A diatom (Neo-Latin ''diatoma'') 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 Earth's B ...

s belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. ''Melosira'' is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like

plankton Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in Hydrosphere, water (or atmosphere, air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against ocean current, currents (or wind). The individual organisms constituting plankton are ca ...

s for a certain stage in their life cycle.

Species

Melosira dubia ''Melosira'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. ''Melosira'' is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like ...

'' *'' Melosira duplicata'' *'' Melosira dura'' *'' Melosira echinata'' *'' Melosira echinus'' *'' Melosira elegans'' *'' Melosira elongata'' *'' Melosira excentrica'' *'' Melosira excurrens'' *'' Melosira exspectata'' *'' Melosira fausta'' *'' Melosira fennoscandica'' *'' Melosira ferox'' *'' Melosira forolivensis'' *'' Melosira fragilis'' *'' Melosira frigida'' *'' Melosira fungiformis'' *'' Melosira gardneri'' *'' Melosira garganica'' *'' Melosira gelida'' *'' Melosira geometrica'' *'' Melosira gessneri'' *'' Melosira globifera'' *'' Melosira glomus'' *'' Melosira godfroyi'' *'' Melosira goetzeana'' *'' Melosira goretzkyi'' *'' Melosira gothica'' *'' Melosira gowenii'' *'' Melosira grandis'' *'' Melosira granulata'' *'' Melosira granulosa'' *'' Melosira grovei'' *'' Melosira guillauminii'' *'' Melosira haradaae'' *'' Melosira helvetica'' *'' Melosira heribaudii'' *'' Melosira herzogii'' *'' Melosira hetrurica'' *'' Melosira heufleri'' *'' Melosira hibschii'' *'' Melosira hispanica'' *'' Melosira hispida'' *'' Melosira hispida'' *'' Melosira hokkaidoana'' *'' Melosira hormoides'' *'' Melosira hummii'' *'' Melosira hunanica'' *'' Melosira hungarica'' *'' Melosira hustedti'' *'' Melosira hyalina'' *'' Melosira hyalinula'' *'' Melosira hyperborea'' *'' Melosira ignota'' *'' Melosira imperfecta'' *'' Melosira incertum'' *'' Melosira incompta'' *'' Melosira incorrupta'' *'' Melosira indica'' *'' Melosira inflexa'' *'' Melosira inordinata'' *'' Melosira interrupta'' *'' Melosira irregularis'' *'' Melosira irregularis'' *'' Melosira islandica'' *'' Melosira italica'' *'' Melosira japonica'' *'' Melosira jeanbertrandiana'' *'' Melosira jenyssejana'' *'' Melosira jilinensis'' *'' Melosira johnesii'' *'' Melosira juergensis'' *'' Melosira jurgensii'' *'' Melosira jurlijii'' *'' Melosira jutlandica'' *'' Melosira kamtschatica'' *'' Melosira karelica'' *'' Melosira karsteni'' *''

Melosira kochii ''Melosira'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. ''Melosira'' is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like pl ...

'' *'' Melosira kondeensis'' *'' Melosira labuensis'' *'' Melosira lacustris'' *'' Melosira laevis'' *'' Melosira laevissima'' *'' Melosira lauterbornii'' *'' Melosira lentigera'' *'' Melosira lineata'' *''

Melosira lirata ''Melosira'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. ''Melosira'' is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like ...

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Melosira loczyi ''Melosira'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. ''Melosira'' is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like ...

'' *'' Melosira lolia'' *'' Melosira lucida'' *'' Melosira lyrata'' *'' Melosira lyrata'' *'' Melosira madagascariensis'' *'' Melosira magnusii'' *'' Melosira major'' *'' Melosira mareei'' *'' Melosira margarita'' *'' Melosira marginata'' *'' Melosira mauryana'' *'' Melosira mbasiensis'' *'' Melosira mediterranea'' *'' Melosira medusa'' *'' Melosira melinitica'' *'' Melosira mexicana'' *'' Melosira micropunctata'' *'' Melosira mikkelsenii'' *'' Melosira minima'' *'' Melosira minuta'' *'' Melosira minutula'' *'' Melosira miocaenica'' *'' Melosira mirabilis'' *'' Melosira moisseevae'' *'' Melosira moniliformis'' *'' Melosira montagnei'' *'' Melosira mucosa'' *'' Melosira muelleri'' *'' Melosira muscigena'' *'' Melosira mutabilis'' *'' Melosira muzzanensis'' *'' Melosira naegeli'' *'' Melosira natans'' *'' Melosira neocaledonica'' *'' Melosira neogena'' *'' Melosira neosphaerica'' *'' Melosira neostriata'' *'' Melosira nivalis'' *'' Melosira nobilis'' *'' Melosira normannii'' *''

Melosira nuda ''Melosira'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. ''Melosira'' is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like ...

'' *'' Melosira nummuloides'' *'' Melosira nummuloides'' *'' Melosira nummulus'' *'' Melosira numulina'' *'' Melosira nyassensis'' *'' Melosira nygaardii'' *'' Melosira oamaruensis'' *'' Melosira ochracea'' *'' Melosira octogona'' *'' Melosira oculus'' *'' Melosira oculuschamaeleontis'' *'' Melosira oestrupi'' *''

Melosira omma ''Melosira'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. ''Melosira'' is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like ...

'' *'' Melosira orbifera'' *'' Melosira ordinata'' *'' Melosira orichalcea'' *'' Melosira ornata'' *'' Melosira ostrupi'' *'' Melosira ostrupii'' *'' Melosira papilio'' *'' Melosira papillifera'' *'' Melosira patera'' *'' Melosira paucipunctata'' *'' Melosira pella'' *'' Melosira pensacolae'' *'' Melosira peragalloii'' *'' Melosira perglabra'' *'' Melosira perpusilla'' *'' Melosira pethoei'' *'' Melosira pfaffiana'' *'' Melosira plana'' *'' Melosira polaris'' *'' Melosira ponderosa'' *'' Melosira pontificalis'' *'' Melosira prae-angustissima'' *'' Melosira praeclara'' *'' Melosira praetermissa'' *'' Melosira prichalcea'' *'' Melosira pseudoamericana'' *'' Melosira pseudogranulata'' *'' Melosira pulchella'' *'' Melosira punctata'' *'' Melosira puncticulosa'' *'' Melosira punctissima'' *'' Melosira punctulosa'' *'' Melosira pusilla'' *'' Melosira pyxis'' *'' Melosira radiato-sinuata'' *'' Melosira recedens'' *'' Melosira rieufii'' *'' Melosira robusta'' *'' Melosira roeseana'' *'' Melosira roseana'' *'' Melosira rostratis'' *'' Melosira royatensis'' *'' Melosira salina'' *'' Melosira samoensis'' *'' Melosira saratoviana'' *'' Melosira sarmatica'' *'' Melosira saturnalis'' *'' Melosira scabrosa'' *'' Melosira scalaris'' *'' Melosira schawoi'' *'' Melosira schroederi'' *'' Melosira scopos'' *'' Melosira selecta'' *'' Melosira semilaevis'' *'' Melosira separanda'' *'' Melosira setosa'' *'' Melosira siberica'' *'' Melosira similis'' *'' Melosira simplex'' *'' Melosira sinensis'' *''

Melosira sol ''Melosira'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. ''Melosira'' is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like ...

'' *'' Melosira solitoria'' *'' Melosira sparsepunctata'' *'' Melosira spec'' *'' Melosira sphaerica'' *'' Melosira spinifera'' *'' Melosira spinosa'' *'' Melosira spinosa'' *'' Melosira spinuligera'' *'' Melosira spinulosa'' *'' Melosira spiralis'' *'' Melosira steffanssoni'' *'' Melosira strangulata'' *'' Melosira striata'' *'' Melosira subflexilia'' *'' Melosira subflexilis'' *'' Melosira subhyalina'' *'' Melosira subornata'' *'' Melosira subsalsa'' *'' Melosira subsetosa'' *'' Melosira subtilis'' *'' Melosira tahitiensis'' *'' Melosira tcherniae'' *'' Melosira tcherniai'' *'' Melosira temperei'' *'' Melosira tenella'' *'' Melosira tenuis'' *'' Melosira tenuissima'' *'' Melosira teres'' *'' Melosira thermalis'' *'' Melosira thompsonii'' *'' Melosira thrypsia'' *'' Melosira thumii'' *'' Melosira timensis'' *'' Melosira transitus'' *''

Melosira transylvanica ''Melosira'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats. ''Melosira'' is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like ...

'' *'' Melosira triannula'' *'' Melosira tricostata'' *'' Melosira trimorpha'' *'' Melosira tropica'' *'' Melosira truncata'' *'' Melosira tuantianensis'' *'' Melosira tuberculosa'' *'' Melosira tubulata'' *'' Melosira turgida'' *'' Melosira undulata'' *'' Melosira vangeliana'' *'' Melosira vanheurckii'' *'' Melosira varennarum'' *'' Melosira variabilis'' *'' Melosira varians'' *'' Melosira variante'' *'' Melosira variata'' *'' Melosira vetustissima'' *'' Melosira vilida''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1779272 Bacillariophyceae Diatom genera