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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Gomphonema auritum

Authority:

A. Braun ex. Kützing

References:

Krammer, K. and Lange-Bertalot, H. (1991). Baccilariophyceae: Naviculaceae. in: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa (H. Ettl, J. Gerloff, H. Heynig & D. Mollenhauer, eds), 2(1), pp. 406, 407 [t.79:8-12]

Ecological Preference:

Fresh

Description:

Valves have acutely rounded ends, with a possible pseudoseptum present at the apex of the headpole; length is 24-40µm

Projects:

Transect Project

Sample localities:

Shark River Slough (SRS)

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Gomphonema auritum