Species details
- Grammatophora marina var. communis: Grunow ex Van Heurck (1880)
Solitary or joined in zigzagging colonies. In girdle view the valves appear rectangular and elongated. In valve view the valves are linear or elliptical. There is a linear pseudo-raphe. At the extremities of the valves there is a small round hyaline area.
- Cell Length: from 15 to 150 µm
- Cell Width: from 4 to 8 µm
- Striae in 10 µm: from 20 to 24 n°
Marine environments.
Distribution: Grammatophora oceanica. in Europe: Romania (Caraus, 2002), Spain (Varela, 1982); Atlantic: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al., 2003); in Asia: Japan (Sawai et al., 2005).
As Grammatophora marina var. communis. Africa: Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe, 1996), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe, 1996); Asia: Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe, 1996).
Not reported.
Resistence Stages:Not reported.
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