Taxon Account

Tabularia fasciculata (Agardh) Williams & Round; 1986; 326

Key references

Williams D.M., Round F.E. 1986. Revision of the genus Synedra Ehrenb. Diatom Research. 1(2): 313-339.

Snoeijs P. 1992. Studies in the Tabularia fasciculata complex. Diatom Research. 7(2): 313-344.

Morphology

Size
22-176 µm long, 4.5-8 µm wide (Lange-Bertalot et al. 2017).

Shape
Valves linear, margins tapering close to protracted, rostrate poles.

Symmetry
Isopolar, isovalvar, bilaterally symmetrical.

Striae
Striae broad, short, more or less parallel.

Axial area
Axial area wide and lanceolate.


SEM morphology
Striae consisting of a row of apically elongate, complex areolae, wider adjacent to valve margin, smaller adjacent to axial area, occluded externally by cribra. A distinct apical pore field located in an ocellulimbus at each pole. Two (sometimes one) rimoportulae close to apices.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference
Citation
Agardh C.A. 1812. Dispositio Algarum Suecae. Litteris Berlingianis, Lundae (4 parts). 45 pp.. Morphology; Taxonomy; Description; Illustrations
Lange-Bertalot H. 1980. Zur systematischen Bewertung der bandförmigen Kolonien bei Navicula und Fragilaria. Kriterien für die Vereinigung von Synedra (subgen. Synedra) Ehrenberg mit Fragilaria Lyngbye. Nova Hedwigia. 33: 723-787. Morphology; Taxonomy; Illustrations
Williams D.M., Round F.E. 1986. Revision of the genus Synedra Ehrenb. Diatom Research. 1(2): 313-339. Morphology; Taxonomy; Description; Illustrations;
Snoeijs P. 1992. Studies in the Tabularia fasciculata complex. Diatom Research. 7(2): 313-344. Morphology; Type Illustration;
Davidovich N.A., Kaczmarska I., Ehrman J.M. 2010. Heterothallic and homothallic sexual reproduction in Tabularia fasciculata (Bacillariophyta). Fottea. 10(2): 251-266. Biology; Illustrations
Edgar R., Drolet D., Ehrman J.M., Kaczmarska I. 2014. Motile male gametes of the araphid diatom Tabularia fasciculata search randomly for mates. PLOS ONE. 9(7): e101767. Biology
Mather L., Ehrman J.M., Kaczmarska I. 2014. Silification of auxospores in the araphid diatom Tabularia fasciculata (Bacillariophyta). European Journal of Protistology. 50: 1-10. Biology; Morphology; Illustrations
Lange-Bertalot H., Hofmann G., Werum M., Cantonati M. 2017. Freshwater Benthic Diatoms of Central Europe: Over 800 Common Species Used in Ecological Assessment. Cantonati M., Kelly M.G., Lange-Bertalot H. (eds.), Koeltz Botanical Books, Schmitten-Oberreifenberg, Germany. 942 pp Morphology; Ecology; Illustrations
This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I., Williams D. M. Tabularia fasciculata (Agardh) Williams & Round; 1986; 326. 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=3551. [Accessed:  ].

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Record last modified: 16/04/2021