Thalassiosira tenera Proschkina-Lavrenko, 1961

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Thalassiosira tenera

Frustule (SEM)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Thalassiosira tenera
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Frustule (SEM)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
The central areola slightly larger, one central strutted process. Single labiate process between two marginal strutted processes. Often with linear areolation
Other remarks

Distribution: Widely
Life form
Solitary or in pairs
Size
Diameter = 6.5-29 µm
Literature
Hasle, G. R. & Fryxell, G. 1977. The genus Thalassiosira: Some species with a linear areola array. Nova Hedwigia. 54: 15-47.
Takano, H. 1990. Diatoms. In “Red tide organisms in Japan-An illustrated taxonomic guide”. (Y. Fukuyo, H. Takano, M. Chihara & K. Matsuoka eds). Uchida Rokakuho, Tokyo, p. 162-331.