Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Diatoms – SAR-Stramenopiles (Bacillariophyta)

Observations on Proboscia alata

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Proboscia alata (Brightwell) Sundström 1986

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Rhizosolenia alata Brightwell 1858

Add’l Synonyms: Rhizosolenia gracillima Cleve 1881
                               Rhizosolenia alata f. gracillima (Cleve) Grunow 1882
                               Rhizosolenia alata var. gracillima (Cleve) Grunow ex Van Heurck 1882
                               Rhizosolenia alata f. genuina Gran 1908
                               Proboscia alata f. gracillima (Cleve) Licea & J.L.Moreno 1997

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Sampling date 01/2019. Scale bars indicate 100 µm (1), 50 µm (2, 3).

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 M5 MKII. DOF images.

Proboscia alata
Proboscia alata

Sampling date 1/2022. Scale bars indicate 10 µm (1), 250 µm (2).

Two images.

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 images.

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