Thalassiosira mediterranea (Schröder) Hasle, 1990

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Thalassiosira mediterranea

Valve in outside view (arrowhead=labiate process) (SEM)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Thalassiosira mediterranea
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Valve in outside view (arrowhead=labiate process) (SEM)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Radial rays and ring of strutted processes midway valve center and margin
Other remarks

Distribution: Warm water region to temperate (Hasle & Syvertsen 1996)
Life form
Cells united in chains
Size
Diameter = 6-20 µm
Literature
Fryxell, G. & Hasle, G. R.1977. The genus Thalassiosira: Some species with a modified ring of central strutted processes. Beih. zur Nova Hedwigia. 54: 67-89.
Hasle, G. R. 1990. The planktonic marine diatom Thalassiosira mediterranea (synonym Thalassiosira stellaris). Diatom Research. 5: 415-418.
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.