Triceratium favus Ehrenberg, 1839

Al-Handal, Adil Y., Torstensson, Anders & Wulff, Angela, 2022, Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms, Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) 65 (2), pp. 81-103 : 87

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1515/bot-2021-0066
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11000179
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scientific name	Triceratium favus Ehrenberg
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Triceratium favus Ehrenberg ( Figure 23 View Figures 20–26 )

Literature: ( Hendey 1964, p. 108, pl. 25, fig. 4; Hustedt 1930, p. 708, fig. 463).

Description: Length of valve side 118–127 µm, areole 2.5– 3 in 10 µm.

Ecology and distribution: A widely distributed marine species ( Hendey 1964). It does not seem to be encountered in Antarctica but has been reported from New Zealand (Stidolph 1980). Rare in Potter Cove.