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Diatom
Fragilaria spp Lyngbye 1819

Description

Ribbon like chains, with smooth straight sides, each valve lines up directly with the next. Cells contain chloroplast.

Life-form: Chain forming

CPR:170

ITIS:2932

WORMS:149028

Distribution and Abundance

Distribution 1958-1999 All year round predominately summer months. Not oceanic, UK shelf and SW

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References/Further Reading

Lebour MV. 1930. The Planktonic Diatoms of Northern Seas. The Ray Society. London.

Lyngbye HC. 1819. Tentamen Hydrophytologiae Danicae. Gylendal. Copenhagen.

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