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🦠 A freshwater alga 🧬 A diatom genus
Fragilaria

Fragilaria

9.9
A group of one-celled freshwater diatoms that includes similar species
  • proper noun
  • Specialized
: Fragilaria
  • Nitrogen increases are marked by the rising abundance of benthic diatoms such as Fragilaria brevistriata, Fragilaria construens, and Fragilaria pinnata.
  • Fragilaria construens

Examples

  • Nitrogen increases are marked by the rising abundance of benthic diatoms such as Fragilaria brevistriata, Fragilaria construens, and Fragilaria pinnata.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Nitrogen increases are marked by the rising abundance of benthic diatoms such as Fragilaria brevistriata, Fragilaria construens, and Fragilaria pinnata.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The genus of diatoms Fragilaria is commonly found in lakes and rivers, thriving in various aquatic environments.

  • Researchers often study Fragilaria to understand the health of freshwater ecosystems.

  • The presence of Fragilaria in water samples indicates a diverse diatom community.

Synonyms

diatom
vsFragilaria
  • Specialized
5 8.8

A very small one-celled living thing in water with a glass-like shell

is a narrower taxonomic group within that algae mainly in freshwater
Bacillariophyceae
vsFragilaria
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A group of tiny algae with glass-like shells that live in lakes and oceans

is a much narrower group within that class restricted mostly to freshwater
Diatomophyceae
vsFragilaria
  • Specialized
9.9

Tiny algae made of one cell called diatoms that live in sea and fresh water

is a narrower taxonomic group within that class found mainly in freshwater

Surface Forms

Fragilaria main

Etymology

Fragilaria is a genus name formed from the Latin fragilis, meaning 'fragile' and like English fragile. Because these freshwater diatoms have thin, glassy shells and often form fragile chains, the name points to their delicate shape.