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<mods:titleid="AAFD00D1FD08908B1F1DC5668C113308">Marine benthic diatoms in the newly discovered coral reefs, off Basra coast, Southern Iraq</mods:title>
<mods:namePartid="F0FA1C0C7AEFA3D0F7A5698E39B2E199">Al-Handal, Adil Y.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="10BE3F378E6052D3A0D4F6F8F6331291">Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="D8EAAC49152A59882CAB2C206F260AA4">Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italia</mods:affiliation>
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–1959, p. 527, fig. 1038;
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, pl. 570, figs 1–6,8;
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: Valves linear-elliptical, slightly constricted at the center, with rounded apices. Raphe branches straight, ending centrally in simple pores. Central nodule small and transapically dilated. Axial area large, longitudinal canals linear and narrow. Transapical striae parallel at the center, radiate near the apices.
<emphasisid="B94F0B2FFF972F6DFF54F7E0FE0BF86F"box="[189,485,1996,2021]"italics="true"pageId="13"pageNumber="124">Ecology and Distribution:</emphasis>
widely distributed marine species particularly in tropical and subtropical waters, less common in temperate regions. Previously reported from the Gulf (
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