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Diatoms – SAR-Stramenopiles (Bacillariophyta)

Observations on Chaetoceros densus

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Chaetoceros densus (Cleve) Cleve 1899

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym:  Chaetoceros borealis var. densus Cleve 1897

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 04/2017. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Note that setae also contain protoplasm and even chloroplasts!

Two images.

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Place name: North Sea around Heligoland  
Latitude: 54.186311     Longitude: 7.895034

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

Chaetoceros densus

Sampling date 01/2018. Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Place name: Baltic Sea, Kieler Förde, Kiel Fjord (Germany) 
Latitude: 54.3894126     Longitude: 10.1749055

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF image.

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