Spaulding, S.,
Nakov, T.
(2015).
Lindavia.
In Diatoms of North America.
Retrieved October 09, 2024, from https://diatoms.org/genera/lindavia
Centric
Lindavia
One or more rimoportulae on valve face
Valve with differential ornamentation between central and marginal area
Central area variable - with or without areolae and fultoportulae
Valve face flat, or undulate (concentrically or tangentially)
Lindavia contains the taxa that were formerly included in the Cyclotella comta group, including species in the genera Puncticulata and Handmannia based on Nakov et al. (2015).
One character that joins the lineage Lindavia is the presence of one or more rimoportulae on the valve face. That is, the rimoportulae are not positioned along...