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<mods:titleid="07C63CB1BAED069F518DC4A9C6DA8A18">Marine benthic diatoms in the newly discovered coral reefs, off Basra coast, Southern Iraq</mods:title>
<mods:namePartid="FC25F1E3452576F6B582B184B0165E82">Al-Handal, Adil Y.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="B54C63CFFE1C06D0F648651372EA0CCD">Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="D9D5350D6C103EEAC859017409B6A01C">Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italia</mods:affiliation>
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<bibRefCitationid="EFAAAACCFF8C2F76FF14F58EFE6EFA3D"author="Hendey, N. I."box="[253,384,1442,1463]"pageId="22"pageNumber="133"refId="ref24568"refString="Hendey, N. I. (1964) An Introductory Account of the Smaller Algae of British Coastal Waters, Part V: Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms). Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 317 pp."type="book"year="1964">Hendey 1964</bibRefCitation>
, p. 268, pl. 38, figs 1–4;
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: Valves linear with slightly ventrally bent rounded apices. Dorsal margin straight in the middle, becomes rounded towards apices. Ventral margin nearly straight. Raphe biarcuate, positioned in the middle of the valves, proximal endings bent ventrally. Axial area narrow, central area semi-lanceolate.
<bibRefCitationid="EFAAAACCFF8C2F76FC3AF65DFB41F900"author="Gregory, W."box="[979,1199,1649,1674]"pageId="22"pageNumber="133"pagination="473 - 542"refId="ref23822"refString="Gregory, W. (1857) On new forms of marine Diatomaceae found in the Firth of Clyde and in Loch Fyne. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 21: 473 - 542. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0080456800032269"type="journal article"year="1857">Gregory (1857: 72)</bibRefCitation>
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, which possess almost same valve outline. Striae density may distinguish these two species where it never exceeds
<emphasisid="B94F0B2FFF8C2F76FF54F6F1FE0AF97C"box="[189,484,1757,1782]"italics="true"pageId="22"pageNumber="133">Ecology and Distribution:</emphasis>
Widely distributed marine species. Previously reported from the Gulf (
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