A = Chains of living cells (arrowheads=connecting threads); B = Valve face of a living cell; C = Valve view with strutted processes in Naphrax preparation (A-B=DIC,C=PC)
Life-form: Cells united in chains
Size: Diameter 14-78 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Arrangement of central processes
Similar species: T. kushirensis
Distribution: Worldwide
Literature:
Cupp, E. E. 1943. Marine Plankton Diatoms of the West Coast of North
America. Bulletin of the Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. of the University of
California. 5: 1-237.
Fryxell, G. & Hasle, G. R. 1977. The genus Thalassiosira: Some species with a modified ring of central strutted processes. Beih. zur Nova Hedwigia. 54: 67-89.
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.