diatoms

Subsilicea fragilarioides von Stosch & Reimann 1970

Subsilicea fragilarioides von Stosch & Reimann 1970

Light microscopy identification notes

Valve View: Colonies in long ribbons, joined together by their girdles. Cells look swollen and uneven. Transapical axis size variable within a colony. Usually one long chloroplast per cell.

Apical axis (μm)
25 - 47
2023/24King's Lynn estuaryWells QuayCromer PierGorleston Pier
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Classification:

Empire:

Eukaryota

Kingdom:

Chromista

Phylum:

Heterokontophyta

Subphylum:

Bacillariophytina

Class:

Mediophyceae

Subclass:

Biddulphiophycidae

Order:

Biddulphiales

Family:

Bellerocheaceae

Genus:

Subsilicea

References

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2009) AlgaeBase. Available at: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=61528 (Accessed: 27 March 2024).