A&B = Parts of chains (BF), C = Resting spores viewed at different magnifications (DIC)
Life-form: Cells united in chains
Size: Diameter = 8-42 µm
Resting spore: +
Note:
Distinctive features: High windows, two often lobed chloroplasts, resting spore.
Similar species: Chaetoceros brevis Chaetoceros diadema
Distribution: North Atlantic, North Pacific.
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.
Jensen, K. G. & Moestrup, Ø. 1998. The genus Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyceae) in inner Danish coastal waters. Opera Botanica. 133: 1-68.
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.