Chaetoceros didymus Ehrenberg, 1845

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Chaetoceros didymus

Chain with resting spores, (arrow=valve protrusion) (BF)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Chaetoceros didymus
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Chain with resting spores, (arrow=valve protrusion) (BF)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Valve protuberance, setae, siliceous hairs, resting spores in pairs
Other remarks
Complex of taxa (Rines & Hargraves 1988)
Life form
Cells united in chains
Size
Diameter=10-40 µm
Resting spore
+
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.
Jensen, K. G. & Moestrup, Ø. 1998. The genus Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyceae) in inner Danish coastal waters. Opera Botanica. 133: 1-68.
Rines, J. E. B. & Hargraves, P. E. 1988. The Chaetoceros Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) flora of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Bibliotheca Phycologica 79: 1-196

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  • 2021-10-01 14:52:05 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Chaetoceros didymus_8.jpg
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