Notes ³

25-70 µm(L)

General description ⁴

Description: Cylindrical, sometimes nearly spherical, capsule-shaped cells. Valves are domed with large hexagonal areolae. Cells have numerous discoid or lobed chloroplasts. Some species form resting spores.

Habitat ⁵

Depth range based on 1210 specimens in 7 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 358 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 627
  Temperature range (°C): 0.657 - 29.468
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.056 - 32.386
  Salinity (PPS): 31.115 - 36.128
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.500 - 8.035
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.061 - 2.229
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.754 - 90.016

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 627

Temperature range (°C): 0.657 - 29.468

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.056 - 32.386

Salinity (PPS): 31.115 - 36.128

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.500 - 8.035

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.061 - 2.229

Silicate (umol/l): 0.754 - 90.016
 
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4. (c) Anna McGaraghan and Laura Beach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28723597
5. Public Domain, http://eol.org/data_objects/17370069

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