Chain with resting spores, (arrow=valve protrusion) (BF)
Life-form: Cells united in chains
Size: Diameter=10-40 µm
Resting spore: +
Note: Complex of taxa (Rines & Hargraves 1988)
Distinctive features: Valve protuberance, setae, siliceous hairs, resting spores in pairs
Similar species: C. protuberans
Distribution:
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