Diatom Image Database

Authority:

(Castracane, 1886) Cleve

Year:

1895

References:

Montgomery R.T. (1978). Environmental and ecological studies of the diatom communites associated with the coral reefs of the Florida Keys, Vol.II, Pl.10, fig.E

Synonyms:

Amphora oceanica (Castrane, 1886), Amphora fallax (Tempere at Brun in Brun et tempere, 1889), Amphora cyclops (Leuduger-Fortmorel, 1879), Amphora obtusa var. fallax (Mills, 1933)

Ecological Preference:

Marine

Description:

Valves linear with broadly rounded ends. Dorsal margin arcuate, ventral margin straight. Raphe branches abruptly arched. Axial area narrow, widened near the center; central area slightly expanded at the dorsal side, absent on the ventral side. Dorsal and ventral striae delicately punctuate, more or less parallel at the center becoming radiate towards the ends. Differentiate from A. obtuse by having more robust valve shape.

Length:

56.2 - 100.1 µm

Width:

19.3 - 21.9 µm

Strd:

15 - 19

Strv:

17 - 20

Projects:

Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves

Sample localities:

Coastal Mangroves