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Melosira spp.

Melosira spp.

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Profile: Valves joined to form cylindrical filaments by mucilage secreted from valve center. Elongate spines lacking.California Academy of Science,Chesapeake and Coastal Bay Life

8 Great Lakes Species (including alternative names and named varieties): M. crenulata, M. crenulata var. tenuis, M. dendroteres, M. dickiei (Orthoseira dickei), M. granulata var. angustissima fo. curvata, M. granulata fo. curvata, M. granulata fo. spiralis, M. granulata status, M. italica var. tenuis, M. lacustris, M. longispina, M. roseana (M. dendroteres, Orthoseira dendroteres), M. undulata, M. undulata var. normanii, M. varians

Alternative Name Preferred: M. agassizii (Aulacoseira agassizii), M. agassizii var. malayensis (A agassizii var. malayensis), M. ambigua (A ambigua), M. canadensis (A canadensis), M. crotonensis (A. italica), M. distans (A distans), M. distans var. alpigena (A alpigena), M. distans var. limnetica (A distans var. limnetica), M. granulata (A granulata), M. granulata var. angustissima (A granulata var. angustissima), M. granulata var. angustissima fo. spiralis (A granulata var. angustissima fo. spiralis), M. granulata var. muzzanensis (A granulata var. muzzanensis), M. islandica (A islandica), M. islandica subsp. helvetica (A islandica subsp. helvetica), M. italica (A italica), M. italica var. tenuissima (A italica var. tenuissima), M. italica var. valida (A valilda), M. italica subsp. subarctica (A subarctica), M. arenaria (Ellerbeckia arenaria), M. binderana (Stephanodiscus binderanus)

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