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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)

Fallacia sp.01FB


Ecological Preference:
Unknown
Description:
The species is very small (6µm long and about 5µm broad). It is hard to see the striae even under 2000 mag. There are some species in Witkowski (2000) that resemble it but it is hard to say whether our species represents one of the species presented on Pl. 71:18-20 and Pl.70: 42-45
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves
  • Florida Bay Paleo Project


    • Sample localities:
  • Florida Bay