Thalassiosira levanderi Van Goor
Diameter: 17






























Collection 1197

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This is a scanned in image from a previous
picture of the specimen. The slide was missing
so no new pictures could be taken.

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Thalassiosira levanderi Van Goor 1924, p. 322, fig. 11 (VanLandingham VII 1978).

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The valve view is cilindrical with a slightly convex surface. The areolae are irregularly arranged, more dense near the center of the valve. At the margin there are spines and slime pours near the center of the valve. (Stoermer and Yang 1969).


Synonyms

    Coscinodiscus levanderi(Van Goor 1924) Cleve-Euler 1951, p. 75, fig. 128
    (VanLandingham VII 1978).

Size ranges and morphology

  • Diameter is 8 to 19 micrometers(Stoermer and Yang 1969).
  • Areolae are 20 to 22 in 10 micrometers (Stoermer and Yang 1969).
  • Spines are about 10 in 10 micrometers (Stoermer and Yang 1969).