Taxon Account

Eunotia arculus Lange-Bertalot & Nörpel in Lange-Bertalot ; 1993; 26

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
14-50 µm long, 3-4 µm wide (Lange-Bertalot et al. 2011).

Shape
Valves arcuate, ends protracted, subcapitate to capitate.

Symmetry
Dorsiventral, isopolar.

Striae
Striae parallel, evenly spaced throughout valve, 16-20 in 10 µm (Lange-Bertalot et al. 2011).

Raphe
Raphe mostly located on mantle, short terminal fissures curve onto valve face close to valve ends.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference
Citation
Krammer K., Lange-Bertalot H. 1991. Süßwasserflora Mitteleuropas. Bacillariophyceae. 3. Teil. Centrales, Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae. Eds Ettl H., Gerloff J., Heynig H., Mollenhauer D., Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart. 576 pp Morphology; Illustrations
Lange-Bertalot H. 1993. 85 neue Taxa und über 100 weitere neu definierte Taxa ergänzend zur Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa Vol.2/1-4. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 27, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart. 454 pp Morphology; Taxonomy; Type Illustration
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; Ecology; Illustrations;
Luís A.T., Alexander A.C., Almeida S.F.P., da Silva E.F., Culp J.M. 2013. Benthic diatom communities in streams from zinc mining areas in continental (Canada) and Mediterranean climates (Portugal). Water Quality Research Journal of Canada. 48.2: 180-191. Ecology

Similar Species

Similar species not published on this website:

Eunotia elegans Østrup; 1910; 172

This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I., Jones V., Kelly M. Eunotia arculus Lange-Bertalot & Nörpel in Lange-Bertalot ; 1993; 26. 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=4610. [Accessed:  ].

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