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DIVISION
CLASS
ORDER
Bacillariophyta incertae sedis
FAMILY
Bacillariophyta incertae sedis
GENUS
SPECIES
Belonastrum berolinensis, (Lemmermann) Round & Maidana , 2001
IMAGES
Synonyms
  • Synedra berolinensis: Lemmermann (1900)
  • Staurosirella berolinensis: Lemmermann, Bukhtiyarova (1995)
  • Staurosira berolinensis: Lemmermann, Lange-Bertalot
  • Fragilaria berolinensis: Lemmermann, Lange-Bertalot (1993)
Morphological Characteristics

Frustules are rectangular in girdle view, makes tuft - star shaped aggregates in plankton. Smaller valves elliptic, bigger linear, often in the middle and at the ends slightly broadened, broadly rounded, sometimes slightly heteropole club-shaped. Axial area narrow linear.

Morphological Data
Distinctive morphometric characters
  • Cell Length: from 5 to 40 µm
  • Cell Width: from 1.3 to 3.4 µm
  • Striae in 10 µm: from 11 to 16 n°
Distribution
In plankton of standing and slow floating waters. Distributed in Europe, Asia, Africa.
 
 

Distribution: As Fragilaria berolinensis (Lemmermann) Lange-Bertalot
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).

As Staurosirella berolinensis (Lemmermann) Bukhtiyarova
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002).

As Belonastrum berolinensis (Lemmermann) Round & Maidana
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2012).

 

Notes

Toxicity:
 
 Not reported.

 

Resistence Stages:
 
 Not reported.

 

References

The algae of Romania., Studii si Cercetari, Universitatea Bacau, Biologie 7, Caraus I., 2002, 1-694

Algae of Romania. A distributional checklist of actual algae. Version 2.3 third revision., Bacau: Univ. Bacau., Caraus I., 2012,

A coded list of freshwater algae of the British Isles. Second Edition., World-wide Web electronic publication, Whitton B.A., John D.M., Kelly M.G., Haworth E.Y., 2003,

Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species. Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 95, Helsinki Commission Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, Hällfors G., 2004,

Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Bd. 02/3: Bacillariophyceae Teil 3: Centrales, Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae, Gustav Fisher Verlag: Stuttgard, Krammer K., Lange-Bertalot H., 1991,

Biovolumes and size-classes of phytoplankton in the Baltic Sea, HELCOM Balt.Sea Environ. Proc. No. 106, Olenina I., Hajdu S., Edler L., Andersson A., Wasmund N., Busch S., Göbel J., Gromisz S., Huseby S., Huttunen M., Jaanus A., Kokkonen P., Ledaine I. and Niemkiewicz E., 2006, 1-144

A study on the phytoplankton of Lake Simenit, Turkey., Cryptogamie, Algologie 27:, Ersanli E., Gönülol A., 2006, 289-305, 28 figs.

SHAPE
Shape Type
simple
Shape Unit
Cell
Cod:
8 - Prism on elliptic base
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