A-C = Cleaned valves (arrowheads=labiate process) (A=PC, B&C=DIC); D = Cleaned valve (SEM)
Life-form: Solitary (chains)
Size: Diameter = 5-32 µm
Resting spore:
Note: Found at localities with low salinities
Distinctive features: Meshwork on valve (SEM) and ring of central strutted processes
Similar species:
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
Fryxell, G. & Hasle, G. R. 1977. The genus Thalassiosira:
Some species with a modified ring of central strutted processes.
Beih. zur Nova Hedwigia. 54: 67-89.
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.
Takano, H. 1990. Diatoms. In "Red tide organisms in Japan-An illustrated taxonomic guide". (Y. Fukuyo, H. Takano, M. Chihara & K. Matsuoka eds). Uchida Rokakuho, Tokyo, p. 162-331.