Auricula
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Category
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ClassBacillariophyceae
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OrderSurirellales
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FamilyAuriculaceae
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Type SpeciesAuricula amphitritis Castracane
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Citations & Links
Citations
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Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.1997.9705422
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Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.1995.9705339
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Publication Link: 10.1080/00318884.2022.2079271
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Cite This Page
Sullivan, M., Frankovich, T., Ashworth, M. (2025). Auricula. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved March 12, 2026, from https://diatoms.org/genera/auricula
Epithemioid
Auricula
- Canal raphe fibulate
- Raphe strongly eccentric
- Raphe biarcuate
- Striae biseriate
- Plastid large, single, plate-like
Auricula includes a small, but uncertain, number of epipelic (living on sediment) taxa of marine habitats.Paddock and Sims (1980) studied A. amphitritis and emended the genus description. They considered that, at most, only 12 previously described species possessed characters in common with the generitype and, therefore, are valid...