IRMNG taxon details
basis of record
CoL2006/AlgaeBase [details]
basis of record
Round, F. E.; Crawford, R. M.; Mann, D. G. (2000). The Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
verified source for family
Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. AlgaeBase (2021 version). , available online at https://www.algaebase.org/ note: as per Opephora and Martyana, genera with which it is compared [details]
name verified source
Round, F. E.; Crawford, R. M.; Mann, D. G. (2000). The Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
current name source
WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]
current name source
CoL 2006 [details]
extant flag source
Catalogue of Life 2006 [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark A junior homonym of Cometes Linnaeus, 1767 (Caryophyllaceae), but no replacement name currently known. From AlgaeBase, 2021 version: Because the valvar outline and structure of Cometes bear a strong resemblance to those of Opephora and Martyana, further study of the type material may warrant the inclusion of Cometes into one of these genera. [details]
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