Licmophora

Belongs within: Fragilariaceae.

Licmophora is a genus of diatoms forming flabellate clusters borne on stipes (Crosby & Ferguson Wood 1959).

Characters (Crosby & Ferguson Wood 1959): Cells flabellate, in clusters of two or more, on short or long stipes; frustules in girdle view cuneate, with apical corners slightly rounded, intercalary bands present; septa more or less superficial, appearing as lines penetrating from broad end of cell; valve view cuneate-lancellate, pseudoraphe present; plastids granular or as plates.

Licmophora Agardh 1827G75
    |--L. abbreviata Ag. 1830-1832 [incl. Podosphenia lyngbyei Kützing 1844, L. lyngbyei (Kützing) Grun. 1867]CFW59
    |--L. araphidica Merechowsky 1901W61
    |--L. californicaM01
    |--L. capensisM01
    |--L. dalmaticaM01
    |--L. debilisM01
    |--L. dubiaM01
    |    |--L. d. var. dubiaM01
    |    `--L. d. var. latiorM01
    |--L. ehrenbergii [incl. L. ehrenbergii f. grunowii]G75
    |--L. flabellata (Carmichael) Ag. 1830-1832 [=Echinella flabellata Carmichael 1826]CFW59
    |    |--L. f. var. flabellataM01
    |    `--L. f. var. parvaM01
    |--L. gracilis (Ehrenberg) Grun. 1867 [=Podosphenia gracilis Ehrenberg 1838]CFW59
    |--L. grandis [=Rhipidophora grandis Kützing 1844]CFW59
    |    |--L. g. var. grandisCFW59
    |    `--L. g. var. divisa [=L. divisa Kützing 1844]CFW59
    |--L. jurgensiiB26
    |--L. lataM01
    |--L. luxuriosa Heiden & Kolbe 1928W61
    |--L. monksiiM01
    |--L. montereyanaM01
    |--L. nubeculaG75
    |--L. opephoroides Giffen 1970G75
    |--L. pacificaM01
    |--L. paradoxaG75
    |    |--L. p. var. paradoxaG75
    |    `--L. p. var. tinctaG75 [=Podospheina tinctaCFW59, L. tincta (Ag.) Grun. 1867CFW59]
    |--L. pfannkucheae Giffen 1970G75
    |--L. profundeseptataM01
    |--L. remuloidesM01
    |--L. splendidaG64
    `--L. thumiiM01

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B26] Bigelow, H. B. 1926. Plankton of the offshore waters of the Gulf of Maine. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries 40 (2): 1–509.

[CFW59] Crosby, L. H., & E. J. Ferguson Wood. 1959. Studies on Australian and New Zealand diatoms. II.—Normally epontic and benthic genera. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86 (1): 1–58, pls 1–9.

[G75] Giffen, M. H. 1975. An account of the littoral diatoms from Langebaan, Saldanha Bay, Cape Province, South Africa. Botanica Marina 18: 71–95.

[G64] Gray, J. E. 1864. Handbook of British Water-weeds or Algae. R. Hardwicke: London.

[M01] Mereschkowsky, C. 1901. A list of Californian diatoms (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 505–520, pls 4–5.

[W61] Wood, E. J. F. 1961. Studies on Australian and New Zealand diatoms. IV.—Descriptions of further sedentary species. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88 (4): 669–698.