Living cells (DIC)
Life-form: Cells united in chains and often on substrate
Size: Diameter = 10-95 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features:
Similar species:
Distribution: Widely
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.