Light micrographs of a colony of the diatom Melosira moniliformis. Note the absence of collar (carina) on the valves.

Specimen collected with a 20 μm mesh plankton net, Spanish Hills Wharf, Trincomali Channel, North Galiano Island, Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada. July 13, 2012.

p. 40-41, fig. 16, k-m. Hoppenrath, M., Elbrächter, M. & Drebes, G. (2009). Marine phytoplankton Selected microphytoplankton species from the North Sea around Helgoland and Sylt. pp. [1]-264, figs 1-87. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.