A = A living cell with one chloroplast; B = Curved cell in Lugol (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Apical axis 10-22 µm, transapical axis 1.5-2 µm
Resting spore:
Note: Can easily be confused with Cylindrotheca closterium
Distinctive features: One chloroplast. Vave face with honeycomb pattern in TEM (Thomsen et al. 1993)
Similar species:
Distribution: Widely
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.
Thomsen, H. A., Buck, K. R., Marino, D., Sarno, D., Hansen, L. E., Østergaard, J. B. & Krupp, J. 1993. Lennoxia faveolata gen. et sp. nov. (Diatomophyceae) from South America, California, West Greenland and Denmark. Phycologia. 32: 278-283.