Florida Coastal Everglades LTER - 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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Mastogloia cribrosa

Authority:

Grunow

Year:

1860

References:

Jensen, N.G.: F. Hustedt. The Pennate Diatoms. A translation of Hustedt's "Die Kieselalgen, 2. Teil", pg.403, Fif.887;

Synonyms:

Orthoneis cribrosa (Grunow 1867),

Ecological Preference:

Marine-Brackish
Meso-Oligotrophic

Notes:

Stephens et.al (1979) reported it from Indian River at Haulover, Link Port, Jim Island, SE Florida, sal. 16-42ppt., temp.9-34°C, from seagrass H. wrightii. In our samples found in Sprigger Bank and Rabbit Key, Fl. Bay not common on T. testudinum.

Length:

30 - 50 µm

Width:

25 - 30 µm

Strd:

7 - 10

Partecta:

2 - 4

Projects:

Florida Bay Paleo Project

Sample localities:

Florida Bay

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Mastogloia cribrosa