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Achnanthes armillaris
Amphora ovalis
Cocconeis
Cocconeis
spec.
Cocconeis pediculus
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var.
euglypta
Cocconeis scutellum
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Thalassiosira angustelineata
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Thalassiosira gravida
Thalassiosira leptopus
Thalassiosira lundiana
Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii
Thalassiosira punctigera
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Asterionellopsis glacialis
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Lithodesmiales
Ditylum brightwellii
Triceratiales
Cerataulus granulatus
Trieres
Trieres chinensis
Trieres mobiliensis
Mediopyxis helysia
Odontella aurita
Zygoceros ehrenbergii
Illustrated Key for
Diatoms – SAR-Stramenopiles (Bacillariophyta)
Bacillariophyceae
Cymbellales
Cymbella
spec.
Cymbella
spec.
Gomphonema
spec.
Gomphonema
micropus
Placoneis
elginensis
Rhoicosphenia
abbreviata
Cymbella
spec.
Cymbella
spec.
Gomphonema
spec.
Gomphonema
micropus
Placoneis
elginensis
Rhoicosphenia
abbreviata
© Wolfgang Bettighofer 2023–2024
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vulgaris
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Micractinium
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boryanum
var.
longicorne
Klebsormidium
dissectum
Haematococcus
lacustris
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confluens
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var.
carinatus
Micractinium
quadrisetum
Porphyridium
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