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Encyonema (Cymbellaceae)

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Diagnostic features

Shaped like orange segments in valve view. The raphe is approximately parallel with the short edge of the valve, and deflects towards the short edge at the cell poles (unlike in Cymbella, where it deflects the other way). Cells are often lined up in a mucilage tube. Chloroplasts are golden-brown.

[Encyonema], Shotover River, X640. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua Image
Encyonema, Shotover River, X640. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua
[Encyonema], X1000. Photo: Phil Novis, Manaaki Whenua Image
Encyonema, X1000. Photo: Phil Novis, Manaaki Whenua

Typical habitats

Our records from rivers with good water quality

Classification

Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Order Cymbellales
Family Cymbellaceae
Common name Diatoms