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Girdleband)
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Terminology used to describe the overlapping hooplike band that joins the two valves of a frustule (i.e. the part of frustule between the epitheca and hypotheca). Now more specifically referred to as the cingulum.
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References
- Hasle, G.R. & Syvertsen, E.E., 1996. Marine Diatoms. In C.R. Tomas (ed), Identifying Marine Diatoms and Dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., California. pp. 5-385.
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