Meridion

Meridion is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Fragilariaceae.^[1]

Meridion
Meridion circulare
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Clade:	Diatomeae
Subphylum:	Bacillariophytina
Class:	Bacillariophyceae
Subclass:	Fragilariophycidae
Superorder:	Fragilariophycanae
Order:	Fragilariales
Family:	Fragilariaceae
Genus:	Meridion C.A.Agardh, 1824

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Species:^[1]

• Meridion alansmithii L.A.Brant, 2003
• Meridion circulare (Greville) C.Agardh, 1831
• Meridion coccocampyla Ehrenberg, 1854