''Encyonema'' is a genus of
diatom
A diatom (Neo-Latin ''diatoma''), "a cutting through, a severance", from el, διάτομος, diátomos, "cut in half, divided equally" from el, διατέμνω, diatémno, "to cut in twain". is any member of a large group comprising sev ...
s belonging to the family
Cymbellaceae
The Cymbellaceae are a diatom family in the order Cymbellales
The Cymbellales are a diatom order in the class Bacillariophyceae. They include the following families
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consang ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species
Species:
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Encyonema abruptirostratum
''Encyonema'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Cymbellaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world i ...
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Encyonema accedens''
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Encyonema acquapurae''
References
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Cymbellales
Diatom genera