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Encyonema silesiacum Pinnularia maior var. pulchella Gomphonema affine var. rhombicum

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Map of south Florida Loxahatchee (LOX) WCA 2A WCA 3A Biscayne Bay Shark River Slough (SRS) Taylor Slough (TS) Florida Bay Everglades National Park (ENP) Everglades National Park (ENP)

   Bacillaria paradoxa
Authority:
Gmelin
Year:
1791
References:
Krammer K. & Lange-Bertalot H. (1991): "Susswaserflora von Mitteleuropa", Vol.2, Pg.8, Fig. 87:4-7;
Synonyms:
Vibrio paxillifer (Muller O.F. 1789, Bacillaria paxillifer ((Muller O.F.) Nitzsch 1817), Nitzschia paxillifer ((Muller O.F) Heiberg 1863), Nitzschia paradoxa ((Gmelin) Grunow in Cleve & Grunow 1880), Bacilaria paradoxa ((Gmelin) in Krammer K. & Lange-Bertalot H. 1997)
 
Ecological Preference:
Brackish

Description:

Valves linear, spindle-shaped in outline, slightly protracted at the ends 55-85µm long, 4-8 broad. Central keel with 6-8 puncta in 10µm. Transapical striae parallel throughout the valve 21 in 10µm.
 

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