Melosira

{{Short description|Genus of Golden brown algae}}

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|image = Mikrofoto.de-Melosira monoliformis 3.jpg

|image_caption =Melosira monoliformis

|taxon = Melosira

|authority = C.A. Agardh, 1824

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  • Gaillonella J.B.M. Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1825

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Melosira is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Melosiraceae.{{cite web |title=Melosira C.A.Agardh, 1824 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3193964 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=14 September 2022 |language=en}}

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, and inhabits both freshwater and marine habitats.{{cite web |last=Baker |first=A.L. |year=2012|website=University of New Hampshire |title=An Image-Based Key: Melosira (Bacillariophyceae) |access-date=13 September 2022 |url=http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/Choices/Bacillariophyceae/Centric/Centric_Filaments/MELOSIRA/Melosira_key.html}}

Melosira is considered as meroplankton, as they remain free-floating like planktons for a certain stage in their life cycle.{{Cite journal |last1=Schelske |first1=Claire L. |last2=Carrick |first2=Hunter J. |last3=Aldridge |first3=Frederick J. |date=December 1995 |title=Can Wind-Induced Resuspension of Meroplankton Affect Phytoplankton Dynamics? |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/1467545 |journal=Journal of the North American Benthological Society |language=en |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=616–630 |doi=10.2307/1467545 |jstor=1467545 |s2cid=84669320 |issn=0887-3593|url-access=subscription }}

Species

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Category:Bacillariophyceae

Category:Diatom genera