Chaetoceros diadema
| Chaetoceros diadema | |
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| Chaetoceros diadema | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | SAR |
| Superphylum: | Heterokonta |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Centrales |
| Suborder: | Biddulphiineae |
| 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 spores. One chloroplast. Base of 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.
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