Lithodesmium
{{Short description|Genus of algae}}
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Lithodesmium is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Lithodesmiaceae.{{cite web |title=Lithodesmium C.G.Ehrenberg, 1839 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/9277180 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=29 April 2021 |language=en}}
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
- Lithodesmium africanum {{small|Leuduger-Fortmorel, 1898}}
- Lithodesmium asketogonium {{small|Barron, 1975}}
- Lithodesmium biceps {{small|H.Peragallo, 1909}}
- Lithodesmium californicum Grunow, 1883
- Lithodesmium contractum L.W.Bailey, 1861
- Lithodesmium cornigerum J.Brun, 1896
- Lithodesmium duckerae Von Stosch, 1987
- Lithodesmium ehrenbergii Forti
- Lithodesmium hirtum (Ehrenberg)
- Lithodesmium margaritaceum Long, Fuge & Smith, 1946
- Lithodesmium minusculum
- Lithodesmium pliocenicum Schrader, 1973
- Lithodesmium reynoldsii Barron, 1976
- Lithodesmium rotunda Schrader, 1976
- Lithodesmium undulatum Ehrenberg, 1839
- Lithodesmium variabile Takano, 1979
- Lithodesmium victoriae Karsten, 1906