Craticula

For the Palaeozoic coralline alga, see Graticula.

Craticula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Phylum:	Heterokontophyta
Class:	Bacillariophyceae
Genus:	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.^[1][2][3] In addition to frustule morphology the genus differs from closely related species by its sexual reproduction and movement in response to light.^[2][3][4]

References

1. ^ Brooke, C.; Riding, R. (2000). "Graticula and its derivatives, replacement name for the alga Craticula Brooke". Lethaia 33 (2): 82–82. doi:10.1080/00241160050150203. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Round, F.E.E; D. G. Mann, R. M. Crawford (1990). Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press. pp. 594–595. ISBN 0521714699. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Wehr, John D.; Robert G. Sheath (2002). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification. Elsevier Science & Technology Books. pp. 647. ISBN 0127415505. 
4. ^ Häder, Donat-Peter; Michael Lebert (2001). Photomovement. Elsevier Science & Technology Books. ISBN 9780444507068.