Taxon Account

Planothidium daui (Foged) Lange-Bertalot; 1999; 281

Key references

Morales E.A. 2006. Small Planothidium Round et Bukhtiyarova (Bacillariophyceae) taxa related to P. daui (Foged) Lange-Bertalot from the United States. Diatom Research. 21(2): 325-342.

Morphology

Size
7-12 µm long, 3.8-6 µm wide (Lange-Bertalot et al. 2017).

Shape
Valves elliptic with broad subcapitate ends.

Symmetry
Isopolar, bilaterally symmetrical, heterovalvar.

Striae
Raphe valve: striae radiate; rapheless valve: striae parallel to slightly radiate.

Axial area
Narrow, linear on both valves.

Central area
Raphe valve: small central area bordered by shortened central striae; rapheless valve: central area absent.

Raphe
Straight, filiform with expanded proximal raphe ends.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference
Citation
Foged N. 1962. On the Diatom Flora in Interglacial Kieselguhr at Hollerup in East Jutland. II. Series, No. 84. Danmarks Geologiske Undersøgelse. 51 pp Morphology; Taxonomy; Description; Illustrations
Lange-Bertalot H. 1999. Neue Kombinationen von Taxa aus Achnanthes Bory (sensu lato). 6. Lange-Bertalot, H. (ed.), Iconographia Diatomologica. Annotated Diatom Micrographs. Vol. 6. Phytogeography-Diversity-Taxonomy. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, Germany. 276-289 pp Taxonomy
Morales E.A. 2006. Small Planothidium Round et Bukhtiyarova (Bacillariophyceae) taxa related to P. daui (Foged) Lange-Bertalot from the United States. Diatom Research. 21(2): 325-342. 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; Illustrations
This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I., Van de Vijver B. Planothidium daui (Foged) Lange-Bertalot; 1999; 281. 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=4379. [Accessed:  ].

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