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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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Map of south Florida Loxahatchee (LOX) WCA 2A WCA 3A Biscayne Bay Shark River Slough (SRS) Taylor Slough (TS) Florida Bay Everglades National Park (ENP) Everglades National Park (ENP)

Amphora sp. F13


Ecological Preference:
Unknown
Description:
Valves semi-lunate with acute ends. Dorsal margin convex, ventral margin concave. Raphe branches straight, close to the ventral margin. Axial area very narrow, linear. Central area absent. Dorsal striae radiate, delicate, hardly visible under LM, crossed by costae. Ventral striae not visible under LM.
Length:
17.6 µm
Width:
4.1 µm
Strd:
30
Strv:
n/a
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves


  • Sample localities:
  • Coastal Mangroves