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Thalassiosira eccentrica Cleve 1904

Description

Thalassiosira eccentrica (Ehrenberg) Cleve (Figure 5)

Literature: (Fryxell and Hasle 1972, p. 300, figs. 1–18; Hendey 1964: p. 80, pl. 24, fig. 7 [as Coscinodiscus eccentricus Ehrenberg]; Simonsen 1974, p. 9, pl. 2, figs. 1–3).

vr, very rare, few cells found; r, rare, 1 5 %; f, frequent, 5 20 %; c, common,> 20 %; –, not observed. a Reported as Amphora cf. fogediana (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot in Al-Handal and Wulff (2008 a). b Reported as Caloneis sp. 1 in Al-Handal and Wulff (2008 a). c Reported as Cocconeis schuettii Van Heurck in Al-Handal and Wulff (2008 a). d Reported as Achnanthidium exigua (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot in Al-Handal and Wulff (2008 a). e Reported as Amphora holsatica Husted in Al-Handal and Wulff (2008 a). f Reported as Amphora rhombica Kitton ex A. Schmidt in Al-Handal and Wulff (2008 a).

Description: Diameter: 48–55 µm.

Ecology and distribution: A widely distributed marine neritic species, known from the Arctic (Katsuki et al. 2004). Rare in Potter Cove.

Notes

Published as part of Al-Handal, Adil Y., Torstensson, Anders & Wulff, Angela, 2022, Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms, pp. 81-103 in Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 65 (2) on pages 83-84, DOI: 10.1515/bot-2021-0066, http://zenodo.org/record/11000147

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References

  • Fryxell, G. A. and Hasle, G. R. (1972). Thalassiosira eccentrica (Ehrenb.) Cleve T. symmetrica sp. nov, and some related centric diatoms. J. Phycol. 8: 297 - 317.
  • Hendey, N. I. (1964). An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. V. Bacillariophyceae (diatoms). Fishery Investigations Series IV. Her Majesty' s Stationary Of fi ce, London.
  • Katsuki, K., Takahashi, K., Onodera, J., Jordan, R. W., and Suto, I. (2004). Living diatoms in the vicinity of the North Pole, summer 2004. Micropaleontology 55: 137 - 170.