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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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Bacillaria paradoxa


Authority:
Gmelin
Year:
1791
References:
Krammer K. & Lange-Bertalot H. (1991): "Susswaserflora von Mitteleuropa", Vol.2, Pg.8, Fig. 87:4-7;
Synonyms:
Vibrio paxillifer (Muller O.F. 1789, Bacillaria paxillifer ((Muller O.F.) Nitzsch 1817), Nitzschia paxillifer ((Muller O.F) Heiberg 1863), Nitzschia paradoxa ((Gmelin) Grunow in Cleve & Grunow 1880), Bacilaria paradoxa ((Gmelin) in Krammer K. & Lange-Bertalot H. 1997)
Ecological Preference:
Brackish
Description:
Valves linear, spindle-shaped in outline, slightly protracted at the ends 55-85µm long, 4-8 broad. Central keel with 6-8 puncta in 10µm. Transapical striae parallel throughout the valve 21 in 10µm.
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves


    • Sample localities:
  • Coastal Mangroves