Arcocellulus cornucervis Hasle, von Stosch et Syvertsen, 1983
Arcocellulus cornucervis
Valves (arrow=ocellulus, arrowheads=poroids) (SEM)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Arcocellulus cornucervis
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- Valves (arrow=ocellulus, arrowheads=poroids) (SEM)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237479
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- Dyntaxa ID: 237479
- Morphology
- Often with two pili on the concave valve, convex valve with a central tubular process, with ocelluli. In living cells the pili are not crossed. Best studied in TEM
- Other remarks
Distribution: Arctic and temperate waters of the northern hemisphere, New Zealand- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Apical axis 1.2-13 µm, transapical axis 0.7-1.5 µm, pervalvar axis 1.5-3 µm
- Literature
- Hasle, G. R. & Syvertsen, E. E. 1996. Marine diatoms. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 5-385.
Hasle, G., von Stosch, H.A. & Syvertsen. E. 1983. Cymatosiraceae, a new diatom family. Bacillaria., 6: 9-156.
