Resting spore and part of valve. (arrow=labiate process, arrowhead=spine), (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary, pairs or in short chains
Size: Diameter = 4-20 µm
Resting spore: +
Note: It was common in a sample from the inner part of Gullmarsfjorden
Distinctive features: Resting spore
Similar species:
Distribution:
Literature:
Jensen, K. G. & Moestrup, Ø. 1998. The genus
Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyceae) in inner Danish coastal
waters. Opera Botanica. 133: 1-68.
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.
Rines, J. E. B. & Hargraves, P. E. 1988. The Chaetoceros Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) flora of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Bibliotheca Phycologica 79: 1-196
Sundström, B. 1973. Chaetoceros arter i Öresund. MSc. Thesis Univ. of Lund. 77 pp.
Tikkanen, T. & Willén, T. 1992. Växtplanktonflora. Naturvårdsverket, Solna. 280 pp.