A variable genus, but generally freshwater. May be unattached and planktonic, or benthic, or attached, occurring in a range of water types. Blooms may occur in bog waters.
Brachysira, species undetermined. Found in diatomite deposit at Three Lakes, core TL5, at 3.6 to 3.7 m depth.
See Brachysira on Algaebase or Diatoms.org or Natural History Museum of Wales