Chaetoceros socialis Lauder 1864

A = Colony (DIC and PH); B = Resting spores (PC and BF)




Synonym(s):

Life-form: Chains in colony

Size: Diameter = 3-15 µm

Resting spore: +

Note: f . radians has resting spores with spines (Jensen & Moestrup 1998)

Distinctive features: One setae long, smooth resting spores

Similar species: C. radians

Distribution: Widely

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.


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