Chaetoceros diadema explained

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.

Species description

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

Similar species

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

Further reading

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

External links

• Algaebase
• INA card

Notes and References

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.