Lindavia
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Category
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ClassBacillariophyceae
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OrderThalassiosirales
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FamilyThalassiosiraceae
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Type SpeciesCyclotella socialis Schutt
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ContributorSarah Spaulding, Teofil Nakov - Aug 2015
Displaying 12 of 12 species
Sorted from smallest to largest by maximum length
2 Additional Lindavia species
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Biodata Reference
Lindavia kuetzingiana
Biodata Reference
Lindavia tripartita
Citations & Links
Citations
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Publication Link: 10.5507/fot.2015.028
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Publication Link: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.3.2
Links
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Index Nominum Algarum
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CAS
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Spaulding, S., Nakov, T. (2015). Lindavia. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved May 01, 2026, from https://diatoms.org/genera/lindavia?x-craft-preview=409442409a997390693ff24c7010fd6f1c96fb56f8f091fa016a63de9a54aaccecpiqubknd
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...