Ferocia Van de Vijver & Houk, 2017

Holotype species: Ferocia setosa (Greville) Van de Vijver & Houk

Original publication and holotype designation: Van de Vijver, B., Chattová, B., Lebouvier, M. & Houk, V. (2017). Ferocia gen. nov., a new centric diatom genus (Bacillariophyceae) from the sub-Antarctic region. Phytotaxa 332(1): 22-30, 45 figs.

Description: Frustules heavily silicified, cylindrical, ellipsoid to often spherical, connected by large, complex spines forming long chains. Valve structure usually very fine, rarely discernible in LM. Valves hemispherical to dome-shaped with a high mantle, often thickened near the mantle edge. Granules and a combination of large and numerous small spines, scattered all over the valve face and parts of the mantle, present. Areolae rounded to irregularly shaped, covered by an external velum. Numerous small rimoportulae forming a marginal ring near the mantle edge. Fultoportulae absent. Cingulum composed of a large number of narrow, open copulae with a fimbriate pars interior. Internal valves sometimes present. Numerous small chloroplasts present.

Origin of description: this description is from the original publication; it may have been modified slightly. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-12-18 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

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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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024