Guinardia

Guinardia
Guinardia delicatula
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Division: Ochrophyta
Clade: Bacillariophyta
Class: Coscinodiscophyceae
Order: Rhizosoleniales
Family: Rhizosoleniaceae
Genus: Guinardia
Peragallo, 1892
Extant species

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Guinardia is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Rhizosoleniaceae.

The genus was first described by H. Peragallo in 1892.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

  • Guinardia delicatula
  • Guinardia flaccida
  • Guinardia pungens
  • Guinardia striata