Tryblionella gracilis
W. Sm. 1853
Length:
97
Width:
28
Keel punctae:
6
Striae:
7
Collection
1552
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Authority information
W. Smith, Type material, near Lewes, England, Coll. Van Heurck VI-47-C8 (
Krammer and Lange-Bertalot 1988
)
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This taxon is usually found among the periphyton (
Lowe 1974
).
Synonyms
(
Stoermer and Yang 1969
)
Nitzschia tryblionella
Hantzsch
ex
Rabenhorst, Alg. Sachsens resp. Mitleleuropas Exsicc., No. 984. 1860.
Ecology
Taxa from the genus
Tryblionella
are tolerant of slightly brackish waters (
Lowe 1974
).
Size ranges and morphology
Length is 60 to 150 micrometers (
Hustedt 1930
).
Width is 16 to 35 micrometers (
Hustedt 1930
).
Keelpunctae are 7 to 9 in 10 micrometers (
Hustedt 1930
).
Transapical ribs are 5 to 8 in 10 micrometers interspersed with fine transapical punctated striae (
Hustedt 1930
).