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Bacillariophyceae
Achnanthes armillaris
Amphora ovalis
Cocconeis
Cocconeis
spec.
Cocconeis pediculus
Cocconeis placentula
var.
euglypta
Cocconeis scutellum
Entomoneis
Entomoneis alata
Entomoneis paludosa
Epithemia
Epithemia adnata
Epithemia gibba
Epithemia turgida
Eunotia arcus
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Nitzschia gracilis
Nitzschia hybrida
Nitzschia sigmoidea
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Pseudo‑nitzschia delicatissima
Pseudo‑nitzschia pungens
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Placoneis elginensis
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata
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Brachysira praegeri
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Chaetoceros danicus
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Chaetoceros didymus
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Thalassiosira angulata
Thalassiosira angustelineata
Thalassiosira eccentrica
Thalassiosira gravida
Thalassiosira leptopus
Thalassiosira lundiana
Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii
Thalassiosira punctigera
Fragilariophyceae
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Asterionella
Asterionella formosa
Asterionella tekelili
Asterionellopsis glacialis
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Rhabdonema arcuatum
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Licmophora oedipus
Ulnaria ulna
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Thalassionema nitzschioides
Mediophyceae
Hemiaulales
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Eucampia zodiacus
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Ditylum brightwellii
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Odontella aurita
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