Tryblionella gracilis W. Sm. 1853

                                                                                                                    
Length: 97

Width: 28

Keel punctae: 6

Striae: 7































Collection 1552

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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).