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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 sp. L09


Description:
Valves semi-lanceolate, with protracted, capitate ends deflected ventrally. Dorsal margin convex, ventral margin straight. Raphe branches straight, proximal and distal ends deflected dorsally. Axial area narrow, linear, central area absent. There is a prominent conopeum on the dorsal side attached to the valve face, having undulate edges. Transapical striae uniseriate. Dorsal striae parallel, distinctly punctuate, ventral striae not interrupted at the center, hardly resolvable under LM.
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves


    • Sample localities:
  • Coastal Mangroves