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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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Diploneis smithii

Diploneis smithii


Authority:
(Brebisson in W. Smith 1856) Cleve
Year:
1894
References:
Wikowski et al. (2000):"Iconographia Diatomologica (Vol.VII). Diatom flora of marine coast I", pg.193, Pl.90:15;
Synonyms:
Navicula smithii (Brebisson in W. Smith, 1856), Pinularia scutellum (O'Meara, 1869), Navicula smithii var. leavis (Juhlin-Dannfelt, 1882), Navicula fusca var. permagna (Pantocsek, 1889), Diploneis major (Cleve, 1894), Navicula gyrinida (Mann 1907),
Ecological Preference:
Marine-Brackish
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves
  • Florida Bay Paleo Project


    • Sample localities:
  • Florida Bay