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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. FT01

Amphora sp. FT01


Description:
Valve elongate, moderately convexing, with slightly concave ventral margin, with bluntly rounded apices; proximal raphe ends are distant, simple, slightly club-like, and slightly deflected to the dorsal margin; distal raphe ends seem to have a slight hook towards the dorsal side of the valve; punctate striae on dorsal side of the raphe are more-or-less well-defined (especially in the central part of the valve), no striae are apparent on the ventral side of the raphe; punctae bordering raphe well-defined
Projects:
  • Transect Project


    • Sample localities:
  • Water Conservation Area 2A (WCA 2A)