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Melosira  Agardh
Taxonomic Serial No.: 2290

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Chromista  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomChromista   
    SubkingdomHarosa   
       InfrakingdomHalvaria   
          SuperdivisionHeterokonta   
             DivisionOchrophyta   
                ClassBacillariophyceae Haeckel – diatoms, diatomées  
                   SubclassCoscinodiscophycidae Round and Crawford  
                      OrderMelosirales Crawford  
                         FamilyMelosiraceae Kützing emend. Crawford  
                            GenusMelosira Agardh  
    Direct Children:  
                               Form Melosira granulata f. spiralis Grunow  
                               Variety Melosira distans var. africana O. Müll.  
                               Variety Melosira distans var. laevissima Grunow  
                               Variety Melosira distans var. perglabra (Ostrup) Jorgensen, 1948  
                               Variety Melosira granulata var. curvata   
                               Variety Melosira granulata var. procera (Ehrenberg) Grunow  
                               Variety Melosira islandica var. helvetica   
                               Variety Melosira islandica var. vanernsis (Cleve-euler) Cleve-euler  
                               Species Melosira americana Hustedt  
                               Species Melosira arctica   
                               Species Melosira borreri   
                               Species Melosira crenulata (Ehrenb.) Kütz.  
                               Species Melosira dendroteres (Rabenh.) R. Ross  
                               Species Melosira dickiei (Thwaites) Kütz.  
                               Species Melosira dubia   
                               Species Melosira herzogii Lemm.  
                               Species Melosira hummi   
                               Species Melosira hyperborea   
                               Species Melosira italica (Ehrenb.) Kütz.  
                               Species Melosira jurgensii   
                               Species Melosira lineata   
                               Species Melosira lirata   
                               Species Melosira longispina Hust.  
                               Species Melosira moniliformis (O. F. M.) Agardh.  
                               Species Melosira neosphaerica Van Landingham, 1971  
                               Species Melosira nummuloides   
                               Species Melosira nyassensis   
                               Species Melosira octogona   
                               Species Melosira polaris Grunow, 1884  
                               Species Melosira prichalcea (Mert. Ex Juerg.) Kuetz.  
                               Species Melosira setosa   
                               Species Melosira sol   
                               Species Melosira solida   
                               Species Melosira sulcata Ehr and Kuetz  
                               Species Melosira undulata (Ehrenb.) Kütz.  
                               Species Melosira varians C. Agardh  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: J. Patrick Kociolek  
  Notes: Executive Director, California Academy of Sciences   
  Reference for: Melosira    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melosira   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Fourtanier, Elisabeth, and J. Patrick Kociolek  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue of the Diatom Genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Diatom Research, vol. 14, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-190   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0269-249X   
  Notes: eISSN 2159-8347; DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.1999.9705462   
  Reference for: Melosira   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Round, F. E., R. M. Crawford, and D. G. Mann  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera   
  Page(s): 747   
  Publisher: Cambridge University Press   
  Publication Place: Cambridge, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-521-36318-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melosira   
       

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