Taxon Account

Eunotia rhomboidea Hustedt; 1950; 435

Key references

Lange-Bertalot H., Bąk M., Witkowski A. 2011. Eunotia and some related genera. Diatoms of European Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell. 747 pp

Morphology

Shape
Valves weakly arcuate, ends slightly protracted and rounded; valve margins almost parallel, but dorsal margin slightly more curved, convex, ventral margin almost straight or slightly concave; frustules in girdle view rhomboidal or trapeziform.

Symmetry
Dorsiventral, heteropolar.

Striae
Striae more or less parallel throughout, or becoming very slightly radiate at the poles.

Raphe
Short raphe on mantle, short terminal fissures visible on the valve face relatively closely to the poles.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference
Citation
Hustedt F. 1950. Die Diatomeenflora norddeutscher Seen V-VII. Seen in Mecklenburg, Lauenburg und Nordostdeutschland. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 43: 329-458; pls 21-41. Morphology; Taxonomy; Description; Illustrations
Krammer K., Lange-Bertalot H. 1991. Süßwasserflora Mitteleuropas. Bacillariophyceae. 3. Teil. Centrales, Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae. Eds Ettl H., Gerloff J., Heynig H., Mollenhauer D., Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart. 576 pp Morphology; Ecology; Illustrations
Furey P. C., Lowe R. L., Johansen J. R. 2011. Eunotia Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyta) of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Bibliotheca Diatomologica. Vol. 56. 133 pp Morphology; Illustrations; Ecology
Hofmann G., Werum M., Lange-Bertalot H. 2011. Diatomeen im Süßwasser-Benthos von Mitteleuropa. A.R.G. Gantner, Ruggell. 908 pp Morphology; Ecology; Illustrations
Lange-Bertalot H., Bąk M., Witkowski A. 2011. Eunotia and some related genera. Diatoms of European Inland Waters and Comparable Habitats. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell. 747 pp Morphology; Ecology; Illustrations;
This page should be cited as:

Jones V., Cox E. J., Jüttner I. Eunotia rhomboidea Hustedt; 1950; 435. In: Jüttner I., Carter C., Cox E.J., Ector L., Jones V., Kelly M.G., Kennedy B., Mann D.G., Turner J. A., Van de Vijver B., Wetzel C.E., Williams D.M.. Freshwater Diatom Flora of Britain and Ireland. Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. Available online at https://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/diatoms/browsespecies.php?-recid=2398. [Accessed:  ].

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