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Fragilaria vaucheriae


Authority:
(Kutzing) Petersen
Year:
1833
References:
Patric R. & Ch.W. Reimer (1966):"The diatoms of the United States", Vol.1, p.120,121; Pl.3, fig.14,15; Podzorski A.C. (1985): "An illustrated and annotatet chack-list of diatoms from the Black River Waterways, St. Elizabet, Jamaica", PL. 1, fig.13;
Synonyms:
Exilaria vaucheriae (Kutzing 1833), Fragilaria intermedia (Grunow in Van Heurck 1881), Synedra vaucheriae ((Kutzing) Kutzing 1844), Synedra vaucheriae var. parvula ((Kutzing) Rabenhorst 1864), Synedra vaucheriae var. distans (Grunow in Van Heurck 1881)
Ecological Preference:
Brackish
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves


  • Sample localities:
  • Coastal Mangroves