Pleurosigma
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2026-09-04: itis_id 4592 via WoRMS external link
Pleurosigma is a genus of widely distributed diatoms found abundantly in brackish to marine waters. It is a group of primarily pelagic or benthic species found in large populations on sediments, although some species are also found in planktonic samples.W CalCOFI holds 25 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1996 and 2022, across 3 taxa under it.R
- 25
- observations
- 1,227
- records
- 409
- sampling events
- 1996–2022
- years
- 1
- datasets
- 2
- species under it
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Pleurosigma diatom, pennate · code
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Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:149181")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:149181'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.20, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 2 taxa · Pleurosigma directum most observed
- sp Pleurosigma directum409
- sp Pleurosigma nicobaricum409
Lineage 8 ranks · Chromista to Pleurosigmataceae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Sarah Frail · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Seminavis robusta · source
- Photo · tintinnidguy · CC BY 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Pleurosigma” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1338873468
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.20
Cite the release, v2026.10.20; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗