Diploneis littoralis (Donkin) Cleve, 1894

Park, Joon Sang, Lobban, Christopher S. & Lee, Kyun-Woo, 2018, Diatoms associated with seaweeds from Moen Island in Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia, Phytotaxa 351 (2), pp. 101-140 : 116

56. Diploneis littoralis (Donkin) Cleve Fig. 73

References: Hustedt (1927 –1966), p. 665, fig. 1062; Giffen (1971), p. 5, pl. 1, fig. 25; Giffen (1975), p. 80, fig. 47; Pennesi et al. (2017), p. 205, figs 17–23.

Samples: Moen3_ Dictyota

Dimensions: 27.1 μm long, 16.2 μm wide; 14 striae in 10 μm.

Diagnostics: Valves oval with straight, narrow, linear longitudinal canals.

Comments: The small, oval marine Diploneis spp. have not been effectively studied yet.

Figures

FIGURES 63–79. Fourteen diatom species of Diploneis. Fig. 63. D. chersonensis. Fig. 64. D. crabro. Figs 65 and 66. Diploneis sp. 1. Fig. 67. Diploneis sp. 2. Figs 68 and 69. D. weissflogii. Fig. 70. Diploneis sp. 3. Fig. 71. D. smithii. Fig. 72. Diploneis sp. 4. Fig. 73. D. littoralis. Figs 74 and 75. D. suborbicularis. Fig. 76. Diploneis sp. 5. Fig. 77. Diploneis sp. 6. Fig. 78. D. nitescens. Fig. 79. Diploneis sp. 7. Scale bar = 10 μm.