Chaetoceros ceratosporus Ostenfeld, 1910

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Chaetoceros ceratosporus

Resting spore and part of valve. (arrow=labiate process, arrowhead=spine), (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Chaetoceros ceratosporus
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Resting spore and part of valve. (arrow=labiate process, arrowhead=spine), (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Resting spore
Other remarks
It was common in a sample from the inner part of Gullmarsfjorden
Life form
Solitary, pairs or in short chains
Size
Diameter = 4-20 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Jensen, K. G. & Moestrup, Ø. 1998. The genus Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyceae) in inner Danish coastal waters. Opera Botanica. 133: 1-68.
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.
Rines, J. E. B. & Hargraves, P. E. 1988. The Chaetoceros Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) flora of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Bibliotheca Phycologica 79: 1-196
Sundström, B. 1973. Chaetoceros arter i Öresund. MSc. Thesis Univ. of Lund. 77 pp.
Tikkanen, T. & Willén, T. 1992. Växtplanktonflora. Naturvårdsverket, Solna. 280 pp.

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Subordinate taxa

Illustration Taxon name
Chaetoceros ceratosporus var. ceratosporus

Change History

  • 2011-10-18 10:22:27 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Chaetoceros ceratosporus_2.jpg
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