Mastogloia
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| Mastogloia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Diatomeae |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Mastogloiales |
| Family: | Mastogloiaceae |
| Genus: | Mastogloia G.H.K.Thwaites, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Mastogloia dansei Thwaites in W.Smith | |
Mastogloia is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Mastogloiaceae.[1] The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, primarily in marine waters.[1][2]
Members of this genus have complex silica chambers called partecta (singular partectum) along the sides of the first girdle band and are found only in the genus Mastogloia.[3] Marine benthic diatoms of the genus Mastogloia are naviculoid (meaning they resemble diatoms of the genus Navicula) and symmetrical along the transapical axis.[4][5] They prefer warm waters and are most commonly found in epipelic and epiphytic marine assemblages.
