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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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Nitzschia frustulum


Authority:
(Kutzing) Grunow
Year:
1880
References:
Krammer K. & Lange-Bertalot H. (1997): "Susswaserflora von Mitteleuropa", Vol.2, pg.94, Taf. 68:1-5;
Synonyms:
Synedra frustulum (Kutzing 1844), Synedra minutissima (Kutzing 1844), Synedra perpusilla (Kutzing 1844), Synedra quadrangula (Kuzting 1844), Synedra minutissima b.pelliculosa (Kutzing 1849), Nitzschia minutissima (W. Smith 1853 pro parte(?) ) Nitzschia frustulum var. perminuta (Grunow 1881), pro parte ; Nitzschia libetruthii var. siamensis (Hustedt 1922); (?) Nitzschia frustulum var. subsalina (Hustedt 1925)
Ecological Preference:
Brackish-Fresh
Length:
5 - 60 µm
Width:
2 - 5 µm
Strd:
ca. 30
Fibulae:
10 - 15
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves
  • Florida Bay Paleo Project


    • Sample localities:
  • Florida Bay