Taxon Account

Eunotia iatrianensis Foged; 1970; 180

Key references

Morphology

Size
12-14 µm long, 2.5-3.0 µm wide (UK population), 11-14 µm long, 3-4.5 µm wide (Lange-Bertalot et al. 2011).

Shape
Valves arcuate with strongly convex dorsal margin, slightly concave ventral margin and small, protracted, capitate poles.

Symmetry
Dorsiventral, isopolar.

Striae
Radiate, 20-22 in 10 µm (UK population), 15-21 in 10 µm (Lange-Bertalot et al. 2011), shorter striae sometimes intercalated at dorsal margin.

Raphe
Raphe located on mantle close to valve face/mantle junction, short terminal fissures curving onto valve face near apices, terminating approximately in centre of poles.

Literature

References are given in chronological order.

Reference
Citation
Foged N. 1970. The diatomaceous flora in postglacial Kieselguhr deposit in southwestern Norway. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte. 31: 169-202. Morphology; Taxonomy; Description; 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; Illustrations; Ecology
This page should be cited as:

Jüttner I., Ector L. Eunotia iatrianensis Foged; 1970; 180. 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=4661. [Accessed:  ].

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Record last modified: 09/03/2022