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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)

Nitzschia marginulata var. didyma

Nitzschia marginulata var. didyma


Authority:
Grunow
References:
Witkowski et al. (2000):"Iconographia Diatomologica (Vol.VII). Diatom flora of marine coast I", pg.393, Pl. 183:4, 5;
Ecological Preference:
Marine
Length:
45 - 100 µm
Width:
9 - 15 µm
Strd:
20 - 25
Fibulae:
9 - 14
Projects:
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Mangroves
  • Florida Bay Paleo Project


  • Sample localities:
  • Florida Bay