Taxon Account

Cymbellonitzschia diluviana Hustedt; 1950; 395

Key references

Jewson D.H., Lowry, S. 1993. Cymbellonitzschia diluviana Hustedt (Bacillariophyceae): Habitat and auxosporulation. Hydrobiologia. 269/270: 87-96.

Morphology

Shape
Cymbelloid with convex dorsal margin and straight ventral margin, with acutely rounded ends, in larger valves very slightly protracted; frustules rectangular in girdle view.

Symmetry
Dorsiventral.

Striae
Parallel in the central part of the valve, slightly radiate towards the valve ends.

Raphe
Raphe positioned along the ventral margin, in both valves on the same side of the frustule (hantzschioid); the central fibulae appear wider apart.

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. Illustrations
Hustedt F. 1954. Die Diatomeenflora des Interglazials von Oberohe in der Liineburger Heide. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen. 33: 431-455. Description; Morphology
Simonsen R. 1987. Atlas and Catalogue of the Diatom Types of Friedrich Hustedt. J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin, Stuttgart. Illustrations
Jewson D.H., Lowry, S. 1993. Cymbellonitzschia diluviana Hustedt (Bacillariophyceae): Habitat and auxosporulation. Hydrobiologia. 269/270: 87-96. Biology; Illustrations; Ecology; Morphology;
Hofmann G., Werum M., Lange-Bertalot H. 2011. Diatomeen im Süßwasser-Benthos von Mitteleuropa. A.R.G. Gantner, Ruggell. 908 pp Illustrations; Morphology
This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I. Cymbellonitzschia diluviana Hustedt; 1950; 395. 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=4193. [Accessed:  ].
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