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

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Project:
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)

   Stephanodiscus medius
Authority:
Hakansson
Year:
1986
References:
Hakansson, H. (2002). A compilation and evaluation of species in the general Stephanodiscus, Cyclostephanos and Cyclotella with a new genus in the family Stephanodiscaceae. Diatom Research, Vol.17(1), pg.1-139;
Synonyms:
Stephanodiscus minutus (Grunow ex Cleve & Moller, 1879)
 
Ecological Preference:
Fresh-Brackish

Description:

Valve 19.94µm in diameter, fascicles strarts with uniseriate rows of areolae becoming biseriate towards the margin. Spines are nor visible under LM. Mantle fultoportulae are present, but no under every spine.
 

Projects:

  • Biscayne Bay Paleo Project
  • Transect Project



  • Sample localities:
  • Water Conservation Area 2A (WCA 2A)
  • Biscayne Bay (BISC)






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