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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)

Amphora sp. B35


Ecological Preference:
Marine
Description:
Valves semi-elliptical with acute ends. Dorsal margin convex, ventral margin straight. Raphe branches slightly arcuate. Axial area very narrow, linear; central area expanded dorsally as a narrow fascia reaching valve margin. Dorsal striae parallel, composed of slit-like puncta. Ventral striae short also composed of slit-like puncta.
Notes:
Very rarely found in sediment cores in Biscayne Bay collected at sites with water level < 2m and salinity 30 – 35ppt.
Length:
31.8 µm
Width:
5 µm
Strd:
17
Strv:
n/a
Projects:
  • Biscayne Bay Paleo Project


    • Sample localities:
  • Biscayne Bay (BISC)