Rhabdonema adriaticum   Kutzing,  1844 (Diatom)
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Taxonomy
Kingdom:Chromista
Phylum:Ochrophyta
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order:Rhabdonematales
Family:Rhabdonemataceae

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Description
Size: Colony length 186 µ and Breadth 142 µ.

Color: Yellow brown in color, not green.

It is a phytosynthetic species.
Cells conical, united to form flat ribbon-like bands, lying in girdle view: cells rectangular, with rounded corners, valves linear, elliptical, surface striate with transverse striae.

Reproduction is both sexual and asexual.

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Ecology
Habitat:  Pelagic
Predator:  Marine microorganisms and animal larvae.
Biogeography


• Tamil Nadu, Off Tuticorin (Lat: 8.71) (Long: 78.2) INDIA (Record: 1987-1989)
• Kerala, Kochi Backwaters (Lat: 8.16) (Long: 76.68) INDIA (Record: 05/1964)
• West Coast INDIA
Literature Source(s)
  • Subramanian, SK and Krishnamurthi, MS (1997) Studies on the species composition of neritic diatoms in the aquatic realm off Tuticorin Coast in the Gulf of Mannar-Bay of Bengal Seaweed Research and Utilisation Seaweed Research and Utilisation Association 19(1-2) 1-11 Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • (2006) Algaebase Available at - http://www.algaebase.org/
  • Gopinathan, CP (1975) On new distributional records of plankton diatoms from the Indian seas Journal of Marine Biology Association of India Marine Biological Association of India 17(1) 223-240 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1448/
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