Chain. arrow=nucleus, arrowheads=apertures (BF)
Life-form: Cells united in chains.
Size: Apical length 10-33 µm, transapical axis 10-12 µm, pervalvar axis 30-100 µm
Resting spore:
Note: May produce both straight and curved chains. Small specimen could be confused with Cerataulina pelagica
Distinctive features:
Similar species:
Distribution: A northern cold water species
Literature:
Cleve, P.1896a. Diatoms from Baffins Bay and Davis Strait. Bih.
Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl., 22: 1-22.
Syvertsen, E. E. and G. R. Hasle. 1983. The diatom genus Eucampia: Morphology and taxonomy. Bacillaria., 6: 169-210.