Mediolabrus
| Mediolabrus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Bacillariophyta |
| Class: | Thalassiosirophyceae |
| Order: | Thalassiosirales |
| Family: | Thalassiosiraceae |
| Genus: | Mediolabrus Yang Li |
| Type species | |
| Mediolabrus comicus (H.Takano) Yang Li
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| Species | |
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Mediolabrus is a genus of centric diatoms within the family Thalassiosiraceae. Known Mediolabrus species live planktonically in brackish and fresh water. This genus, together with the related Minidiscus, includes some of the smallest diatom species with diameters as small as 1.9 μm (in M. comicus).