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Welcome to the Diatom Image Database! The Periphyton Group at Florida International University created and maintains the Diatom Image Database, which includes over 980 diatom taxa found in the greater Everglades region of south Florida. Please send questions or comments about the Diatom Image Database to Franco Tobias .

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Staurosirella pinnata


Authority:
(Ehrenberg) Williams & Round
Year:
1987
References:
Siver et al. (2005). Diatoms of North America: the freshwater flora of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, pg. 196, pl. 11, figs 15-19; pl. 15, figs 1,2
Synonyms:
Fragilaria pinata var. intercedens ((Grunow) Hustedt 1931), Fragilaria elliptica (Schumann 1867), Fragilaria mutabile var. intercedens ((Grunow) Van Heurck 1881)
Ecological Preference:
Fresh
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves
  • Florida Bay Paleo Project


  • Sample localities:
  • Florida Bay