Achnanthes brevipes C.Agardh, 1824

  • Class: Bacillariophyceae
  • Order: Achnanthales
  • Family: Achnanthaceae
  • Genus: Achnanthes
  • Species: Achnanthes brevipes

The cells are joined in long ribbon-like colonies attached to the substrate.

photo 1 was taken from: Proshkina-Lavrenko, AI, 1955. Diatoms of plankton of the Black Sea. Publishing House of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow-Leningrad, pp. 223.

Length : 21 - 72 m
Width : 10 - 16 m
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Environment : / Marine and freshwater species
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