Chaetoceros diadema

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Chaetoceros diadema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Clade: Diatomeae
Class: Mediophyceae
Family: Chaetocerotaceae
Genus: Chaetoceros
Species:
C. diadema
Binomial name
Chaetoceros diadema
(Ehrenberg) Gran (1897)

Chaetoceros diadema is a diatom in the genus Chaetoceros . The easiest way to identify this species is by finding the very characteristic diadem-like resting spores.

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Species description

Cells united into chains. Very characteristic, diadem - like spores (see species image). One chloroplast. The base of the setae is short. [1]

Similar species

Chaetoceros constrictus is quite similar in the vegetative stage, but its resting spores are different from C. diadema resting spores .

References

  1. ↑ Tomas, C. R., Hasle G. R., Syvertsen, E. E., Steidinger, K. A., Tangen, K., Throndsen, J., Heimdal, B. R., (1997). Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, Academic Press.

Further reading

Jakobsen, Rasmus; Hansen, Per Juel; Daugbjerg, Niels; Andersen, Nikolaj Gedsted (June 2012). "The fish-killing dictyochophyte Pseudochattonella farcimen: Adaptations leading to bloom formation during early spring in Scandinavian waters". Harmful Algae. 18: 85–95. Bibcode:2012HAlga..18...84J. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2012.04.008.


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