Diatoms – SAR-Stramenopiles (Bacillariophyta)

Observations on Coscinodiscus spec.

Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Bacillariophyta / Coscinodiscophyceae / Coscinodiscales / Coscinodiscus spec.

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Coscinodiscus Ehrenberg, 1839

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 01/2018.

This biocoenosis consists of the red alga Leptosiphonia fibrillosa, where numerous cells of Coscinodiscus spec. are attached by bulky sheets of mucilage.

Two images.

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

Stereo microscope Zeiss STEMI SV6, camera Olympus OM-D E-M5 II. DOF images.

Scale bars indicate 250 µm (1, 2), 100 µm (3).

A closer look on this biocoenosis.

Three images.

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

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D E-M5 II. DOF images.

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Observations on Coscinodiscus spec.

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