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Craticula

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Craticula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Naviculales
Family: Stauroneidaceae
Genus: Craticula
Grunow, 1867
Type species
Craticula perrotettii
Grunow
Species

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Craticula is a genus of diatom that lies on or in the top layers of sediments in the freshwater to brackish water environments it inhabits.[1][2][3] In addition to frustule morphology the genus differs from closely related species by its sexual reproduction and movement in response to light.[2][3][4]

Species

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According to Algaebase,[5] there are 62 species names and 12 intraspecific names:

References

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  1. ^ Brooke, C.; Riding, R. (2000). "Graticula and its derivatives, replacement name for the alga Craticula Brooke". Lethaia. 33 (2): 82. doi:10.1080/00241160050150203.
  2. ^ a b Round, F.E.E; D. G. Mann; R. M. Crawford (1990). Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press. pp. 594–595. ISBN 9780521363181.
  3. ^ a b Wehr, John D.; Robert G. Sheath (2002). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification. Elsevier Science & Technology Books. p. 647. ISBN 9780127415505.
  4. ^ Häder, Donat-Peter; Michael Lebert (2001). Photomovement. Elsevier Science & Technology Books. ISBN 9780444507068.
  5. ^ Craticula at algaebase.org

Further reading

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  • Morales, Eduardo A.; Le, My (February 2005). "The taxonomy of the diatom Lacunicula sardiniensis Lange-Bertalot, Cavacini, Tagliaventi et Alfinito and its relationship with the genus Craticula Grunow (Bacillariophyceae)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 154 (1): 155–161. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2004)154[0155:TTOTDL]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0097-3157. S2CID 86249491.