Diatoms – SAR-Stramenopiles (Bacillariophyta)

Observations on Odontella aurita

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Odontella aurita (Lyngbye) C.Agardh 1832

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Diatoma aurita Lyngbye 1819

Add’l Synonyms: Candollella aurita (Lyngbye) Gaillon 1833
Biddulphia aurita (Lyngbye) Brébisson 1838
Denticella aurita (Lyngbye) Ehrenberg 1838

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Sampling date 04/2011. Scale bars indicate 25 µm (1), 50 µm (2, 3), 100 µm (4).

Four images.

First and second:	Depth-of-focus image exhibiting structure of the frustules. In the first image, chloroplasts are concentrated in cell centers due to long lasting exposition with the microscope’s illumination.
Third:	Depth-of-focus image exhibiting structure of the frustules (apical view). Brightfield, oblique light.
Fourth:	Long chains of Odontella aurita accompanied by Chaetoceros danicus and Thalassiosira nordenskjoeldii.

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

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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Scale bars indicate 25 µm (1), 10 µm (2).

Two SEM images. Many thanks to Dr. Karl-Heinz Schäffner (Solingen, Germany) for the opportunity to use the SEM equipment of his laboratory.

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

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Observations on Odontella aurita

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