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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)

Epithemia sp. FT01

Epithemia sp. FT01


Description:
Valve is very strongly dorsally convexed, with the ventral margin becoming concave to the same extent that the dorsal margin becomes convex; valve ends are slightly capitate; raphe and central nodule is similar to that in Epithemia adnata; 3-4 costae in 10 microns, with 4-6 rows of alveoli between two costae (13-16 alveolar rows in 10µm)
Projects:
  • Transect Project


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