Chaetoceros compressus Lauder 1864

A = Vegetative chain; B = Chain with resting spores; C = Chain with thickened intercalary setae. (BF)




Synonym(s):

Life-form: Cells united in chains

Size: Diameter = 5-40 µm

Resting spore: +

Note:

Distinctive features: Many chloroplasts (usually), two types of inner setae

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.

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.


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