A = Living cells (DIC); B = Cells (PC); Cells (BF)
Life-form: Cells united in chains
Size: Apical axis = 8-80 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Valve face concave in broad girdle view. Bands scarcely visible, chains helically coiled
Similar species: Eucampia cornuta
Distribution: Worldwide
Literature:
Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der
Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme
Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
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.
Syvertsen, E. E. & Hasle, G. R. 1983. The diatom genus Eucampia: Morphology and taxonomy. Bacillaria. 6: 169-210.