Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Diatoms – SAR-Stramenopiles (Bacillariophyta)

Observations on Amphora ovalis

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Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing 1844

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Frustulia ovalis Kützing 1833

Add’l Synonyms: Navicula amphora Ehrenberg 1832
                                Cymbella ovalis (Kützing) Brébisson & Godey 1835
                                Amphora ocellata Ehrenberg 1838
                                Epithemia ovale (Kützing) L.A.Brébisson 1839
                                Amphora ovalis f. typica Cleve 1895
                                Amphora amphora (Ehrenberg) Pantocsek 1902
                                Clevamphora ovalis (Kützing) Mereschkowsky 1906

Amphora ovalis

Sampling date 7/2012. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)  
Latitude: 54.582633     Longitude: 13.115051

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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Sampling date 5/2019. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1) and 25 µm (2).

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Place name: Creek in Oder valley 100 km north east of Berlin (Germany)  
Latitude: 53.135032     Longitude: 14.348738

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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