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<mods:titleid="4CF2B689D5CAC2EC08DB84DF9BFBF84B">Marine benthic diatoms in the newly discovered coral reefs, off Basra coast, Southern Iraq</mods:title>
<mods:namePartid="FE2FD93EC85FBA80D48100D15154E747">Al-Handal, Adil Y.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="5C5015BA8EE83343897FE9A7E1E3B075">Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="1D8011CC2A40FC6CE3C44DF10F601D88">Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italia</mods:affiliation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFAAAACCFF952F6FFE0CF08CFD4DFF33"author="Cleve, P. T."box="[485,675,160,185]"pageId="15"pageNumber="126"pagination="1 - 194"refId="ref22704"refString="Cleve, P. T. (1894) Synopsis of the Naviculoid Diatoms, Part I. Kongliga Svenska-Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 26: 1 - 194."type="journal article"year="1894">Cleve (1894: 97)</bibRefCitation>
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, pl. 21, fig.3;
<bibRefCitationid="EFAAAACCFF952F6FFD42F0EAFCB5FF51"author="Desikachary, T. V."box="[683,859,198,219]"pageId="15"pageNumber="126"refId="ref22937"refString="Desikachary, T. V. (1988) Marine diatoms of the Indian Ocean region. Atlas of diatoms. Fascicle V. Madras Science Foundation, Madras, 234 pp."type="book"year="1988">Desikachary 1988</bibRefCitation>
, pl. 566, figs 1–13;
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: Valves elliptical to rhombic-elliptical with rounded apices. Raphe branches straight, ending centrally in expanded pores. Central nodule square with wavy margin. Axial area large, longitudinal canals semi-lanceolate, decreasing in size toward the apices. Transapical striae radiate at the center, strongly radiate near the apices.
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but distinguished by having wider longitudinal canals.
is widely distributed species in marine coasts from Northern Europe to the Mediterranean. Previously recorded from the Gulf (Al-Yamani & Saburova 2011). Frequent in