Chaetoceros diadema
Chaetoceros diadema | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
Order: | incertae sedis |
Family: | Chaetocerotaceae |
Genus: | Chaetoceros |
Species: | C. diadema |
Binomial name | |
Chaetoceros diadema (Ehrenberg) Gran (1897) |
Chaetoceros diadema is a diatom in the genus Chaetoceros. The easiest way to identify this species is by finding the very characteristic diadem-like resting spores.
Species description
Cells united into chains. Very characteristic, diadem - like spores (see species image). One chloroplast. The base of the setae is short.[1]
Similar species
Chaetoceros constrictus is quite similar in the vegetative stage, but its resting spores are different from C. diadema resting spores .
References
- ^ Tomas, C. R., Hasle G. R., Syvertsen, E. E., Steidinger, K. A., Tangen, K., Throndsen, J., Heimdal, B. R., (1997). Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, Academic Press.
Further reading
Jakobsen, Rasmus; Hansen, Per Juel; Daugbjerg, Niels; Andersen, Nikolaj Gedsted (June 2012). "The fish-killing dictyochophyte Pseudochattonella farcimen: Adaptations leading to bloom formation during early spring in Scandinavian waters". Harmful Algae. 18: 85–95. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2012.04.008.
External links
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