Gyrosigma

Gyrosigma
	Gyrosigma acuminatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Gyrista
Subphylum:	Ochrophytina
Class:	Bacillariophyceae
Order:	Naviculales
Family:	Pleurosigmataceae
Genus:	Gyrosigma; A.H.Hassall, 1845

Gyrosigma is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Pleurosigmataceae.^[1]

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Like other diatoms, Gyrosigma has a siliceous cell wall called a frustule. The frustule is composed of two sections called valves, with one valve fitting inside the other valve similar to the two halves of a Petri dish.^[2] Gyrosigma has valves with a central slit called a raphe, a structure that allows movement of these diatoms.^[3]

The valves of Gyrosigma are sigmoid in outline, as well as the raphe. Striations could be parallel or perpendicular to the raphe. This contrasts to a similar genus Pleurosigma, which has striations that lie diagonally to the raphe.^[3]

Species

Species:^[1]

Gyrosigma acuminatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1853
Gyrosigma aestuarium Kisselev, 1925
Gyrosigma algoris J.R.Carter, 1981

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Gyrosigma". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ Kociolek, J. Patrick; Theriot, Edward C.; Williams, David M.; Julius, Matthew; Stoermer, Eugene F.; Kingston, John C. (2014). "Chapter 15. Centric and Araphid Diatoms". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.
^ ^a ^b Kociolek, J. Patrick; Spaulding, S. A.; Lowe, R. L. (2014). "Chapter 16. Bacillariophyceae: The Raphid Diatoms". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.

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[GBIF-1] "Gyrosigma". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[Wehr_Chapter15-2] Kociolek, J. Patrick; Theriot, Edward C.; Williams, David M.; Julius, Matthew; Stoermer, Eugene F.; Kingston, John C. (2014). "Chapter 15. Centric and Araphid Diatoms". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.

[Wehr_Chapter16-3] Kociolek, J. Patrick; Spaulding, S. A.; Lowe, R. L. (2014). "Chapter 16. Bacillariophyceae: The Raphid Diatoms". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.

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