A = Chain (arrow=Nitzschia sp.) (DIC); B = Frustules (arrow=occluded process, arrowheads=strutted processes) (SEM)
Life-form: Cells united in chains
Size: Diameter 9-30 µm
Resting spore:
Note: non T. delicatula Hustedt
Distinctive features: High pervalvaraxis and with occluded processes
Similar species:
Distribution: Worldwide
Literature:
Gaarder, K. 1951. Bacillariophyceae from the "Michael Sars" North
Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. Rep. Sci. Res."Michael Sars" n.
Atlant. Deep-sea Exp. 1910, 2(2): 1-36
Hasle, G. R. 1980. Examination of Thalassiosira type material: T. minima and T. delicatula (Bacillariophyceae). Norw. J. Bot. 27: 167-173.
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.