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Category
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Class
Bacillariophycideae
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Order
Achnanthales
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Family
Achnanthidiaceae
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Index Nominum Algarum
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CAS
Potapova, M.,
Spaulding, S.,
Edlund, M.
(2008).
Eucocconeis.
In Diatoms of North America.
Retrieved June 08, 2023, from https://diatoms.org/genera/eucocconeis
Monoraphid
Eucocconeis
- Frustules heterovalvar - one valve with a raphe, the other lacking a raphe
- Frustules with torsional twist about the apical axis
- Valves linear-elliptic to lanceolate
- Striae uniseriate
- Terminal raphe fissures long, curved to opposite sides
Eucconeis frustules are bent about the median transapical plane, including a twisted, sigmoid central sternum. As a member of the monoraphid group, the frustules are heterovalvar and differ in ornamentation between the raphe valve and rapheless valve.
Eucocconeis species occur commonly in the littoral zone of oligotrophic lakes, within...