- Source: Craticula
Craticula is a genus of diatom that lies on or in the top layers of sediments in the freshwater to brackish water environments it inhabits. In addition to frustule morphology the genus differs from closely related species by its sexual reproduction and movement in response to light.
Species
According to Algaebase, there are 62 species names and 12 intraspecific names:
Craticula accomoda (Hustedt) D.G.Mann
Craticula accomodiformis Lange-Bertalot
Craticula acidoclinata Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin
Craticula ambigua (Ehrenberg) D.G.Mann
Craticula angustilancea H.Lange-Bertalot, P.Cavacini, N.Tagliaventi & S.Alfinito
Craticula antarctica B.Van de Vijver & K.Sabbe
Craticula australis Van der Vijver, Kopalová & Zindarova
Craticula buderi (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot
Craticula citroides H.Lange-Bertalot, P.Cavacini, N.Tagliaventi & S.Alfinito
Craticula citrus (Krasske) Reichardt
Craticula coloradensis Edlund, D.R.L.Burge & S.A.Spaulding
Craticula cuspidata (Kutzing) D.G.Mann
Craticula cuspidata f. tenuirostris A.Cleve-Euler: Invalid
Craticula cuspidata var. craticula Aysel: Synonym of Craticula cuspidata (Kutzing) D.G.Mann
Craticula cuspidata var. heribaudii (Peragallo) E.Y.Haworth & M.G.Kelly: Synonym of Navicula cuspidata f. heribaudii (Peragallo) A.Cleve
Craticula cuspidata var. gracilis (M.Peragallo) Seeligmann, Maidana & Morales
Craticula cuspidata var. major (Meister) D.B.Czarnecki
Craticula cuspidata var. media (Meister) M.Aboal
Craticula dissociata (E.Reichardt) E.Reichardt
Craticula ehrenbergii Grunow
Craticula elkab (Otto Müller) Lange-Bertalot, Kusber & Cocquyt
Craticula frenguellii Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & García-Rodríguez
Craticula fumantii H.Lange-Bertalot, P.Cavacini, N.Tagliaventi & S.Alfinito
Craticula germainii H.Lange-Bertalot, P.Cavacini, N.Tagliaventi & S.Alfinito
Craticula glaberrima (W.West & G.S.West) B.van de Vijver, K.Kopalová, R.Zidarova & E.J.Cox
Craticula guatemalensis (Cleve & E.Grove) Lange-Bertalot
Craticula guaykuruorum C.E.Wetzel, E.A.Morales & L.Ector
Craticula halopannonica Lange-Bertalot
Craticula halophila (Grunow) D.G.Mann
Craticula halophila f. robusta (Hustedt) Czarnecki: Synonym of Craticula halophila (Grunow) D.G.Mann
Craticula halophila f. tenuirostris (Hustedt) Czarnecki
Craticula halophila var. subcapitata (Østrup) D.B.Czarnecki
Craticula halophilioides (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot
Craticula hungarica Pantocsek
Craticula importuna (Hustedt) K.Bruder & Hinz
Craticula johnstoniae L.Bahls
Craticula lanceola H.Lange-Bertalot, P.Cavacini, N.Tagliaventi & S.Alfinito
Craticula lange-bertalotii E.Reichardt
Craticula lowei Kociolek
Craticula megacuspidata (Carlson) Van de Vijver, Kopalová & Zidarova
Craticula megaloptera (Ehrenberg) Grunow
Craticula minusculoides (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot
Craticula molesta (Krasske) Lange-Bertalot & Willmann: Synonym of Craticula zizix (VanLandingham) Guiry
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Mayama
Craticula neglecta H.Lange-Bertalot, P.Cavacini, N.Tagliaventi & S.Alfinito
Craticula nonambigua H.Lange-Bertalot; P.Cavacini, N.Tagliaventi & S.Alfinito
Craticula obaesa Van der Vijver, Kopalová & Zindarova
Craticula orientalis Metzeltin, Lange-Bertalot & Nergui
Craticula pampeana (Frenguelli) Lange-Bertalot
Craticula paramolesta H.Lange-Bertalot, P.Cavacini, N.Tagliaventi & S.Alfinito
Craticula perrotettii Grunow
Craticula perrotettii var. enervis (Hustedt) B.Hartley: Synonym of Craticula perrotettii Grunow
Craticula petradeblockiana Van der Vijver, Kopalová & Zindarova
Craticula procera (Ehrenberg) Grunow
Craticula regigeorgiensis Zindarova, Kopálova & Van der Vijver
Craticula riparia (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot
Craticula riparia var. mollenhaueri Lange-Bertalot
Craticula salsuginosa van de Vijver & Beyens
Craticula sardiniana L.Bahls
Craticula sardiniensis (Lange-Bertalot, Cavacini, Tagliaventi & Alfinito) E.Morales & M.Le
Craticula silviae Lange-Bertalot
Craticula strelnikoviana E.A.Morales, S.F.Rivera & C.E.Wetzel
Craticula subhalophila (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot
Craticula subminuscula (Manguin) Wetzel & Ector
Craticula submolesta (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot
Craticula subpampeana B.Van de Vijver & M.Sterken
Craticula sverirschopkae Lange-Bertalot
Craticula vixnegligenda Lange-Bertalot
Craticula vixvisibilis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot
Craticula vixvisibilis var. distinctior Lange-Bertalot
Craticula zizix (VanLandingham) Guiry
Craticula zizix var. subdiversa (Messikommer) Guiry
References
Further reading
Morales, Eduardo A.; Le, My (February 2005). "The taxonomy of the diatom Lacunicula sardiniensis Lange-Bertalot, Cavacini, Tagliaventi et Alfinito and its relationship with the genus Craticula Grunow (Bacillariophyceae)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 154 (1): 155–161. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2004)154[0155:TTOTDL]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0097-3157. S2CID 86249491.
Morales, Eduardo; Wetzel, Carlos; Rivera, Sinziana (2014). "Craticula strelnikoviana sp. nov. and Craticula guaykuruorum sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from South American saline lakes". Nova Hedwigia, Beihefte. 143: 223–237. doi:10.1127/1438-9134/2014/010 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISBN 978-3-443-51065-7. ISSN 1438-9134.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
Soultanpour-Gargari, Ali; Lodenius, Martin; Hinz, Friedel (July 2011). "Epilithic diatoms (Bacillariophycae) from streams in Ramsar, Iran". Acta Botanica Croatica. 70 (2): 167–190. doi:10.2478/v10184-010-0006-5. S2CID 82765999.