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Surirella rattrayi f. acuminata Foged

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Type slide

Freshwater, North Island, New Zealand. Foged Collection, New Zealand No. 591a/1966.

Institution holding the type material

Publication

Not available online

Known distribution

New Zealand

North Island, New Zealand.

Etymology

Having acuminate ends.

Description

Differs from the type species by having acuminate apices. 91-92 x 12-17 µm.

Diagnosis reproduced with kind permission from Koeltz Scientific Books .

Notes

Images published online with kind permission of the Natural History Museum of Denmark .

Funding from TFBIS  (Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System), administered by the New Zealand Department of Conservation , is gratefully acknowledged.

Reference

Foged N 1979. Diatoms in New Zealand, the North Island. A. R. Gantner Verlag KG, Vaduz. 130 p.

[Surirella rattrayi] f. [acuminata]. Image: Cathy Kilroy (NIWA) Image
Surirella rattrayi f. acuminata. Image: Cathy Kilroy (NIWA)
[Surirella rattrayi] f. [acuminata]. Image: Cathy Kilroy (NIWA) Image
Surirella rattrayi f. acuminata. Image: Cathy Kilroy (NIWA)
[Surirella rattrayi] f. [acuminata]. Image: Cathy Kilroy (NIWA) Image
Surirella rattrayi f. acuminata. Image: Cathy Kilroy (NIWA)