Eupodiscus
J.W. Bailey 1851 Category: Centric
TYPE SPECIES: Eupodiscus radiatus J.W. Bailey
Image Credit: Emily Nodine, James Ehrman
CLASS:
ORDER: Triceratiales
FAMILY: Triceratiaceae
- Areolae hexagonal
- Marginal ocelli present
- Marginal rimportulae present
- Margin with scalloped ridge
EUPODISCUS IS A MARINE TAXON
Valves circular, with hexagonal, loculate areolae. The valve margin of the valve face possesses a scalloped, narrow ridge. Ocelli are present at the valve margins. The internal openings of the ocelli are depressed. Rimoportulae are present on the valve mantle, positioned between the ocelli.
Eupodiscus is know from shallow, marine habitats.
Cite This Page:
Nodine, E. (2011). Eupodiscus. In Diatoms of the United States. Retrieved May 24, 2013, from http://westerndiatoms.colorado.edu/taxa/genus/eupodiscus
Contributor: Emily Nodine - June 2011
Citations
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Hartley, B. (1986). A check-list of the freshwater, brackish and marine diatoms of the British Isles and adjoining coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 66: 531-610.
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Navarro, J.N. (1981). A survey of the marine diatoms of Puerto Rico II. Suborder Biddulphiineae: Families Biddulphiaceae, Lithodesmiaceae and Eupodiscaceae. Botanica Marina 24: 615-630.
Van Heurck, H. (1885). Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique. Texte. Martin Brouwers & Co., Anvers. p. 157. (description).
Van Heurck, H. (1881). Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique. Atlas. Ducaju & Cie., Anvers. pls 31-77.