Taxon Account

Eunotia minutula Grunow; 1862; 22

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

Size
8.5-15.5 µm long, 2.5-3.5 µm wide (UK population).

Shape
Valves arcuate with capitate, sometimes dorsally deflected poles. Dorsal margin convex with 2-3 shallow undulations, ventral margin concave.

Symmetry
Dorsiventral, isopolar.

Striae
Striae slightly radiate throughout valve, 20-24 in 10 µm (UK population).

Raphe
Raphe located mostly on mantle, curving onto valve face close to apices, terminating close to ventral margin.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference
Citation
Grunow A. 1862. Die österreichischen Diatomaceen nebst Anschluss einiger neuen Arten von andern Lokalitäten und einer kritischen Uebersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen und Arten. Erste Folge. Epithemieae, Meridioneae, Diatomeae, Entopyleae, Surirelleae, Amphipleureae. Zweite Folge. Familie Nitzschieae. 12. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 315-472, 545-588 pp; 7 pls. Morphology; Taxonomy; Illustrations; Description
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; Illustrations; Ecology;
This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I., Van de Vijver B., Williams D.M. Eunotia minutula Grunow; 1862; 22. 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=3056. [Accessed:  ].

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Record last modified: 08/12/2022