Chaetoceros diadema

Species of diatom

Chaetoceros diadema

Scientific classification
Clade:  | SAR
Phylum:  | Ochrophyta
Class:  | Bacillariophyceae
Order:  | incertae sedis
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.

## Contents

* 1 Species description
* 2 Similar species
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading
* 5 External links

## Species description[edit]

Cells united into chains. Very characteristic, diadem - like spores (see species image). One chloroplast. Base of setae is short.[1]

## Similar species[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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.

## Further reading[edit]

Jakobsen, Rasmus; Hansen, Per Juel; Daugbjerg, Niels; Andersen, Nikolaj Gedsted (June 2012). "The fish-killing dictyochophyte Pseudochattonella farcimen: Adaptations leading to bloom formation during early spring in Scandinavian waters". Harmful Algae. 18: 85–95. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2012.04.008.

## External links[edit]

* Algaebase
* INA card

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5066616
* AlgaeBase: 37419
* CoL: TB44
* EoL: 912055
* GBIF: 3192947
* iNaturalist: 411115
* IRMNG: 10015080
* ITIS: 2795
* NCBI: 426632
* NZOR: b0e3d635-8422-4974-8287-0fb2e27e3b4b
* SeaLifeBase: 119834
* WoRMS: 149128

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