Rhizosolenia hebetata Bailey, 1856

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Rhizosolenia hebetata

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Rhizosolenia hebetata
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Pointed otaria extending at least 3 µm along the basal part of the process
Other remarks
See taxonomical discussion in Sundström (1986)
Distribution: Northern cold-water region
Life form
Solitary or in pairs
Size
Diameter = 4.5 -25 µm
Literature
Sundström, B. G.1986. The marine genus Rhizosolenia. Doctoral Dissertation, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 117 pp.

Subordinate taxa

Illustration Taxon name
Rhizosolenia hebetata f. semispina