Chains (BF) and valves (SEM)
Life-form: Cells united in chains
Size: Diameter = 5-15 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Usually with two central processes and one labiate process close to one marginal process
Similar species:
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
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.