Table T5. Diatom species associated with specific habitats.
| Species environments | Specific associations | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oceanic, planktonic
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Neritic, littoral, planktonic
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Benthic
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Meroplanktonic
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Cold/temperate waters
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Warm-only waters
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Coastal
|
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| Actinocyclus curavtulus | Actinocyclus octonarius | Cocconeis disculoides | Chaetoceros diadema | Chaetoceros lacinosus | Asterlampra marylandica | Fragilariopsis doliolus | |
| Asteromphalus arachne | Actinocyclus octonarius var. tenella | Cymatosira lorenziana | Chaetoceros lacinosus | Chaetoceros mitra | Ditylum brightwellii | Hemiaulus hauckii | |
| Asteromphalus heptactis | Actinoptychus senarius | Delphineis surirella | Chaetoceros mesanensis | Delphineis surirella | Nitzschia marina | Raphoneis amphiceros | |
| Azpeitia africana | Azpeitia neocrenulata | Diploneis spp. | Chaetoceros mitra | Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii | Thalassiosira eccentrica | Thalassionema nitzschioides | |
| Azpeitia nodulifer | Coscinodiscus nitidus | Podosira stelliger | Nitzschia panduriformis | Thalassiosira leptopus | |||
| Bacteriastrium hyalinum | Paralia sulcata | Surirella spp. | Odontella aurita | Thalassiosira lineata | |||
| Coscinodiscus marginatus | Raphoneis amphiceros | Stephanopyxis turris | Thalassiosira pacifica | ||||
| Coscinodiscus oculusiridus | Thalassionema nitzschioides | ||||||
| Coscinodiscus radiatus | |||||||
| Fragilariopsis doliolus | |||||||
| Hemiaulus hauckii | |||||||
| Hemidiscus cuneiformis | |||||||
| Nitzschia marina | |||||||
| Pseudosolenia calcar avis | |||||||
| Roperia tesselata | |||||||
| Thalassiosira auguste-lineata | |||||||
| Thalassiosira eccentrica | |||||||
| Thalassiosira leptopus | |||||||
| Thalassiosira lineata | |||||||
| Thalassiosira oestrupii | |||||||
Note: Environments and associations are drawn from various literature sources (see "Taxonomy and Ecological Preferences").