Navicula | |
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Navicula reinhardtii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
Order: | Naviculales |
Family: | Naviculaceae |
Genus: | Navicula Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822 |
Type species | |
Navicula tripunctata | |
Species | |
Navicula is a genus of boat-shaped diatom (single-celled photosynthetic organisms), comprising over 1,200 species,[1] though many Navicula species likely do not belong in the genus strictly speaking.[2] Navicula is Latin for "small ship", and also a term in English for a boat-shaped incense-holder.[2] Navicula is a cosmopolitan genus and species are present in both freshwater and marine environments, typically attached to surfaces (i.e. benthic).