Taxon Account

Surirella roba Leclercq; 1983; 495

Key references

Leclercq, L. 1983. Description et écologie de nouveaux taxons de Diatomées des genres Surirella et Achnanthes. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique. 53(3-4): 491-505.

Morphology

Shape
Valves linear-lanceolate with rounded ends.

Symmetry
Isopolar, bilaterally symmetrical.

Valve
Valve surface undulating (transapically raised and depressed sections).

Striae
Radiate in the valve centre, strongly radiate towards the valve ends.

Axial area
Internally linear, slightly irregular.

Raphe
Raphe slit at the perimeter of the valve, not visible in LM.


SEM morphology
Raphe on a raised keel.

Striae multiseriate with small rounded internal areola openings.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference
Citation
Leclercq, L. 1983. Description et écologie de nouveaux taxons de Diatomées des genres Surirella et Achnanthes. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique. 53(3-4): 491-505. Morphology; Description; Type Illustration; Taxonomy
Hofmann G., Werum M., Lange-Bertalot H. 2011. Diatomeen im Süßwasser-Benthos von Mitteleuropa. A.R.G. Gantner, Ruggell. 908 pp Morphology; Illustrations; Ecology
This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I. Surirella roba Leclercq; 1983; 495. 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=3538. [Accessed:  ].

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