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Diatom Image Database

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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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)

Amphora floridiana


Authority:
Wachnicka & Gaiser
Year:
2004
Ecological Preference:
Marine
Description:
Valves semi-lanceolate with protracted, rostrate to sub-capitate ends deflected ventrally. Dorsal margin undulated; ventral margin more or less straight. Raphe branches straight, proximal and distal ends bent dorsally. Axial area narrow, linear. Dorsal striae parallel at the center, becoming radiate towards the ends, crossed by hyaline area clearly visible under LM especially along the raphe. Dorsal striae also crossed by thick longitudinal costae present in upper part of the valve, clearly visible under LM. Ventral striae absent.
Length:
43.3 - 63.5 µm
Width:
7.6 - 10 µm
Strd:
18 - 21
Strv:
n/a
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves
  • Florida Bay Paleo Project


    • Sample localities:
  • Florida Bay