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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. F43


Ecological Preference:
Marine
Description:
Valves linear-elliptic with obtusely rounded ends. Dorsal margin flattened; ventral margin more or less straight. Raphe biarcuate. Dorsal and ventral striae composed of small perl-like puncta. Dorsal striae parallel at the center becoming slightly radiate towards the ends, crossed by transapical line. Ventral striae short, parallel at the center becoming radiate towards the ends.
Notes:
Found in surface sediments at Sprigger Bank, Florida Bay where salinity varies between 30 - 40ppt and water depth is < 1.5m.
Length:
35.3 - 38.3 µm
Width:
7.3 - 9.1 µm
Strd:
16 - 18
Strv:
15
Projects:
  • Florida Bay Paleo Project


    • Sample localities:
  • Florida Bay