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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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Licmophora abbreviata


Authority:
Agardh
Year:
1831
References:
Hustedt, F. (1985):"The pennate diatoms. Hustedt's "Die kiselalgen, 2.Teil.", pg. 64, 65, Fig. 590;
Synonyms:
Echinella cuneata (Lyngbye, 1819), Frustulia cuneata (Agardh, 1824), Stylaria cuneata (Bory, 1822), Podosphenia abbreviata (Ehrenberg, 1838), Podosphenia lyngbyei (Kutzing, 1844), Rhipidophora abbreviata (Kutzing, 1844), Podosphenia abbreviata (Rabenhorst, 1864), Licmophora lyngbyei (Grunow, 1867), Licmophora lyngbyei var. abbreviata (Grunow, 1880), Licmophora lyngbyei var. elongata (Grunow, 1867), Licmophora lyngbyei var. minuta (Grunow, )
Ecological Preference:
Marine
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves


  • Sample localities:
  • Coastal Mangroves