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Based on light and scanning electron microscopy observations, a detailed description of a new marine alveolate Cocconeis Ehrenberg, C. thalassiana sp. nov., is presented
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This large Cocconeis was found in samples collected from a shallow marine coastal lagoon of This large Cocconeis was found in samples collected from a shallow marine coastal lagoon of the Mexican Caribbean, as an epiphyte on the marine seagrass Thalassia testudinum Banks ex König. Among alveolate Cocconeis, the presence of long alveoli for every stria opening into the frustule interior by two long internal apertures of the sternum valve (SV) is a unique character.
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This page is a summary of: Epiphytic diatoms of Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae) from the Mexican Caribbean, Marine Biodiversity Records, January 2013, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1755267213000857.
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