title: Lithodesmium
text: # Lithodesmium
  
  Lithodesmium is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Lithodesmiaceae.
  
  The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species:
  
  * Lithodesmium africanum Leuduger-Fortmorel, 1898
  * Lithodesmium asketogonium Barron, 1975
  * Lithodesmium biceps H.Peragallo, 1909
  * Lithodesmium californicum Grunow, 1883
  * Lithodesmium contractum L.W.Bailey, 1861
  * Lithodesmium cornigerum J.Brun, 1896
  * Lithodesmium duckerae Von Stosch, 1987
  * Lithodesmium ehrenbergii Forti
  * Lithodesmium hirtum (Ehrenberg)
  * Lithodesmium margaritaceum Long, Fuge & Smith, 1946
  * Lithodesmium minusculum
  * Lithodesmium pliocenicum Schrader, 1973
  * Lithodesmium reynoldsii Barron, 1976
  * Lithodesmium rotunda Schrader, 1976
  * Lithodesmium undulatum Ehrenberg, 1839
  * Lithodesmium variabile Takano, 1979
  * Lithodesmium victoriae Karsten, 1906
  