Hydrosera
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Category
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ClassCoscinodiscophyceae
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OrderBiddulphiales
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FamilyBiddulphiaceae
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Type SpeciesHydrosera triquetra Wallich
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ContributorSarah Spaulding, Mark Edlund - Dec 2008
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ReviewerSam Rushforth - Jun 2010
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Spaulding, S., Edlund, M. (2008). Hydrosera. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved September 30, 2023, from https://diatoms.org/genera/hydrosera
Centric
Hydrosera
- Valve margin appearing doubly triangular
- Porefields three, with pseudocelli
- Rimoportula distinct
Hydrosera is a large multipolar, centric diatom. Frustules are heavily silicified. Valve margins appear to be in the shape of two superimposed triangles. A distinct rimoportula is present. Porefields, containing pseudocelli, are positioned at the three poles of one of the apparent triangles. Frustules form large zig-zag colonies, joined...