Rhizosolenia imbricata
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| Taxonomic Group: | Diatom |
| Trophic Status: | Autotrophic |
| Size Range: | 24.7-35 μm wide x 218.5-400 μm long (LUMCON Guide); 12-18 μm wide (Cupp 1943); 2.5-57 μm wide (Tomas 1997) |
| Key Characteristics: | Cells elongate and conical with an external process on each end of the valve; process swollen at the base then narrowing abruptly into a distal tube; cells single or in chains; chloroplasts small and numerous |
| Confused With: | Other Rhizosolenia species; many of the features necessary for the identification in this genus are not easily observed with standard light microscopy, so our i.d. of this species is tentative |
| Toxin: | None known |