Skip to Main Content

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 .

Search the Diatom Image Database

View a list of all species

You can also click on one of labeled areas on the map to browse by location.
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)

Navicula gregaria


Authority:
Donkin
Year:
1861
References:
Krammer K. & Lange-Bertalot H. (1997): "Susswaserflora von Mitteleuropa", Vol.1, pg.116, Fig.38:10-15; Wikowski et al. (2000):"Iconographia Diatomologica (Vol.VII). Diatom flora of marine coast I", pg.280, Pl.124;8-25; Cox E.J. (1994):"Morphological variation in widely distributed diatom taxa: taxonomic and ecological implications. 13th Internatinal Diatom Symposium, (pg.335-345)";
Synonyms:
Navicula cryptocephala (Kutzing 1884 pro parte (excl. Lectotypus), Navicula gregalis (Chocloky 1963a), Navicula gotlandica (Grunow sensu Hustedt), Navicula phyllepta (Kutzing sensu Brockmann and sensu Hendey)
Ecological Preference:
Fresh-Brackish
Length:
13 - 44 µm
Width:
5 - 10 µm
Strd:
13 - 20
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves


  • Sample localities:
  • Coastal Mangroves