Taxonomic Group: | Diatom |
Trophic Status: | Autotrophic |
Size Range: | 4-5 μm wide (LUMCON Guide) |
Key Characteristics: | Cells solitary or in short straight or curved chains with no apertures between cells; valves longer than wide, with only one seta per cell which is fairly thick; one or two chloroplasts per cell |
Confused With: | Chaetoceros subtilis var. abnormis, which has more than one seta per cell, like Chaetoceros subtilis |
Toxin: | None known |
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