Berkella R.Ross & P.A.Sims, 1978
Currently accepted name for the type species: Frustulia amosseana Lange-Bertalot
Original publication and holotype designation: Ross, R. & Sims, P.A. (1978). Notes on some diatoms from the Isle of Mull, and other Scottish localities. Bacillaria 1: 151-168.
Description: Frustules rectangular in girdle view; cingulum of each valve a single connecting band. Valves more or less linear, with elongate narrow depressions flanking either side of the curved raphe but more strongly developed along its concave side; outer raphe fissures reflexed at central and terminal nodules. Central nodule elongate; deep longitudinal costae extend along both sides of the raphe from the central nodule to the well-developed terminal helictoglossae. Poroid areolae arranged into longitudinal striae; transverse striae parallel. Freshwater ?aerophile with an apparent requirement for high conductivity; thus far reported primarily from the Scottish Isles.
Information kindly contributed by D. B. Czarnecki but may now be outdated.
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of .
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Lange-Bertalot, H. (2001). Navicula sensu stricto. 10 Genera separated from Navicula sensu lato. Frustulia. Diatoms of Europe Vol. 2: diatoms of the European inland waters and comparable habitats. pp. 1-526, incl. 140 pls. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag. K.G.
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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
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