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Profile: Cells benthic, free or in mucilage, or growing at the ends of mucilaginous stalks.University of Michigan, Florida International University, California Academy of Sciences, Luquillo Experimental Forest

49 Great Lakes Species (including alternative names and named varieties): C acutiuscula, C aequalis, C affinis (Cocconema fusidium), C amphicephala, C amphicephala var. subundulata, C anglica (C naviculiformis), C angustata, C aspera (Cocconema gastroides), C aspera var. minor, C austriaca, C cesatii, C cistula (Cocconema cistula), C cistula var. gibbosa, C cistula var. maculata (C cistula), C cistula var. truncata, C cuspidata, C cuspidata fo. impressa, C cuspidata var. schulzii, C cymbiformis (Cocconema cymbiforme), C delicatula, C designata, C diluviana, C ehrenbergii (C inaequalis), C elginsis, C gastroides (C aspera), C hauckii, C helvetica, C hustedtii, C hybrida, C inaequalis, C incerta, C jordani, C laevis, C lanceolata (Cocconema lanceolatum), C lata, C leptoceros, C leptoceros var. rostrata (C designata), C maculata, C mexicana, C microcephala, C microcephala var. crassa, C minuta fo. latens, C moelleriana, C naviculiformis, C obtusa (C subaequalis fo. krasskei), C obtusiuscula, C parva (Cocconema parva), C parvula, C proxima, C pusilla, C rabenhorstii, C ruttneri, C ruttneri var. obtusa, C scotica (Cocconema scotica), C similis, C sinuata fo. ovata, C stomatophora (C tumida), C subaequalis, C subaequalis fo. krasskei, C subventricosa, C tumida, C tumidula, C turgida (C elginsis), C turgidula, C ventricosa (Encyonema silesiacum, Encyonema minutum)

Alternative Name Preferred: C. pediculus (Amphora ovalis var. pediculus), C. brehmii (Encyonema brehmii), C. caespitosa (E caespitosum), C. gracilis (E gracile), C. hebridica (E hebridicum), C. lacustris (E lacustre, Colletonema lacustre), C. latens (E latens), C. lunata (E lunatum), C. minuta (E minutum), C. minuta var. pseudogracilis (E minutum var. pseudogracilis), C. minuta var. silesiaca (E silesiacum), C. muelleri (E muelleri), C. muelleri fo. ventricosa (E muelleri fo. ventricosa), C. norvegica (E norvegica), C. prostrata (E prostratum), C. prostrata var. auerswaldii (E auerswaldii), C. prostrata var. caespitosa (E auerswaldii), C. rotundata (E triangulum), C. rugosa (E rugosum), C. triangulum (E triangulum), C. turgida var. pseudogracilis (E minutum var. pseudogracilis), C. sinuata (Reimeria sinuata), C. sinuata fo. antiqua (R sinuata fo. antiqua), C. sinuata var. antiqua (R sinuata fo. antiqua)

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