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Category
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Class
Bacillariophyceae
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Order
Naviculales
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Family
Diploneidaceae
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Frankovich, T.
(2022).
Amicula.
In Diatoms of North America.
Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://diatoms.org/genera/amicula
Symmetric Biraphid
Amicula
- Valves small (<10 µm)
- Marginal ring of areolae
- Raphe branches terminate before apices
- Central nodule distinct
- Central area thickened
The genus Amicula was originally a monospecific genus created by Witkowski, Lange-Bertalot and Metzeltin in 2000. At that time, the genus consisted only of Amicula speculum, which Witkowski described in 1994 as Navicula speculum from Puck Bay, Poland in the Baltic Sea (Witkowski 1994).
Amicula is a small (<10 um), raphid, marine...