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Pleurosira

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Pleurosira laevis

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Triceratiales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Heterokonta
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Subphylum: Bacillariophytina
Classis: Bacillariophyceae
Subclassis: Coscinodiscophycidae
Superordo: Biddulphianae
Ordo: Triceratiales

Familia: Triceratiaceae
Genus: Pleurosira
Species: P. indica – P. inusitata – P. laevis – P. minor – P. nanjiensis –P. socotrensis

Name

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Pleurosira (Meneghini) Trevisan, 1848

Type species: Melosira thermalis G.Meneghini, 1845 = Pleurosira laevis (Ehrenberg, 1843) Compère, 1982

Note: Meneghini treated Pleurosira as a subgenus of Melosira, and assigned two species; Melosira (Pleurosira) thermalis, which was clearly described, and Melosira (Pleurosira) baileyi, which was based on observations by Bailey, but seemingly without a formal description (see Meneghini, 1845, p.56). A few years later, Trevisan elevated Pleurosira to the genus level.

Synonyms

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  • Pseudocerataulus Pantocsek, 1889
  • Proteucylindrus Li & Chiang, 1979

References

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