Chaetoceros diadema

Chaetoceros diadema
Chaetoceros diadema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Phylum:	Heterokontophyta
Class:	Bacillariophyceae
Order:	Centrales
Suborder:	Biddulphiineae
Family:	Chaetocerotaceae
Genus:	Chaetoceros
Species:	C. diadema
Binomial name
Chaetoceros diadema ((Ehrenberg) Gran, 1897)

Chaetoceros diadema is a diatom in the genus Chaetoceros. The easiest way to identify this species is by finding the very characteristic diadem-like resting spores.

Species description

Cells united into chains. Very characteristic spores. One chloroplast. Base of setae is short^[1].

Similar species

Chaetoceros constrictus is quite similar in the vegetative stage, but its resting spores are different from C. diadema resting spores .

References

1. ^ 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.

External links

• Algaebase
• INA card