Chaetoceros furcellatus

Chaetoceros furcellatus
	Chaetoceros furcellatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
Superphylum:	Heterokonta
Class:	Coscinodiscophyceae
Suborder:	Biddulphiineae
Family:	Chaetocerotaceae
Genus:	Chaetoceros
Species:	C. furcellatus
Binomial name
	Chaetoceros furcellatus; (Bailey, 1856)

Chaetoceros furcellatus is an Arctic neritic diatom in the genus Chaetoceros. The easiest way to identify this species is by finding the very characteristic resting spores. C. furcellatus is a common and important species in the Barents sea.^[1]

Species description

Cells united into chains that can be long and slightly curved. Valve face is flat to slightly concave with a central inflation. The setae originate inside the valve margin. Resting spores occur in pairs fused by a basal plate, one setae sticks out on each side of the pair, perpendicular to the chain axis, and splits in two, half a cell length from the valve margin^[2]

References

^ C.H. von Quillfeldt., (2001). Identification of Some Easily Confused Common Diatom Species in Arctic Spring Blooms. Botanica Marina Vol. 44: 375 - 389
^ Tomas, C. R., Hasle G. R., Syvertsen, E. E., Steidinger, K. A., Tangen, K., Throndsen, J., Heimdal, B. R., (1997). Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, Academic Press.

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[1] C.H. von Quillfeldt., (2001). Identification of Some Easily Confused Common Diatom Species in Arctic Spring Blooms. Botanica Marina Vol. 44: 375 - 389

[Tomas97-2] Tomas, C. R., Hasle G. R., Syvertsen, E. E., Steidinger, K. A., Tangen, K., Throndsen, J., Heimdal, B. R., (1997). Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, Academic Press.

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