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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 palea tenuirostris group


Authority:
(Kützing) W. Smith
Year:
1856
References:
Krammer, K. and Lange-Bertalot, H. (1991). Bacillariophyceae: Bacillariaceae, Epithemiaceae, Surirellaceae. in: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa (H. Ettl, J. Gerloff, H. Heynig & D. Mollenhauer, eds), 2(2), pp. 85-86; 334-335 [t.59:22-23]
Synonyms:
(?)Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch 1860; Nitzschia palea var. tenuirostris sensu Lange-Bertalot 1976 nec. Grunow in Van Heurck 1881
Description:
Valve features are as in Nitzschia palea, but with more protracted ends; some individuals in a population, or populations of individuals, can have features and dimensions that overlap those of N. gracilis and N. palea var. debilis
Projects:
  • Transect Project


    • Sample localities:
  • Loxahatchee (LOX)