Lobban, C.,
Sullivan, M.,
Frankovich, T.,
Ashworth, M.
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Gato.
In Diatoms of North America.
Retrieved February 11, 2025, from https://diatoms.org/genera/gato
Araphid
Gato
Valves heteropolar
Striae extremely fine, not resolved in LM
Cells form mucilage tubes
Basal pole with rimmed pores (SEM)
This monotypic genus is known from marine waters of Caribbean islands (Puerto Rico, Jamaica), Micronesia (Guam, Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Majuro), and from samples of Sargassum from Honduras (Grunow Collection).
Frustules are heteropolar and rectangular in girdle view. Valves are obovate in shape. Striae are very fine, poroid, and uniseriate on...