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Cyclotella spp.

Profiles: University of Michigan, Florida International University, California Academy of Sciences, Department of Marine Botany, Göteborg University, Sweden

D - Cyclotella comta is a dominant component of the spring diatom bloomin Lake Superior. It is also a dominant component of the summer phytoplankton assemblage in both Lakes Superior and Huron. C. delicatula is also a dominant component of the summer phytoplankton assemblage of Lakes Superior. C. comensis is a dominant component of the summer phytoplankton assemblage for Lakes Huron and Erie; C. commensis is a major component of deep chlorophyll phytoplankton assemblages. 4-12um. C. ocellata is a dominant component of the summer phytoplankton assemblage in Lake Erie.

37 Great Lakes Species (including alternative names and named varieties): C. americana, C. antiqua, C. atomus, C. bodanica, C. bodanica-comta, C. bodanica var. michiganensis, C. bodanica var. stellata, C. caspia, C. catenata, C. cavita, C. chaetoceras, C. comensis, C. comta, C. comta var. bodanica, C. comta var. glabriuscula, C. comta var. oligactis, C. comta var. radiosa, C. comta var. paucipunctata, C. cryptica, C. cyclopunctata, C. delicatula, C. distinguenda, C. distinguenda var. unipunctata, C. dubia, C. facetia, C. gamma, C. glomerata, C. glomerata-stelligera, C. krammeri, C. kuetzingiana (C. meneghiana), C. kuetzingiana var. planetophora, C. kuetzingiana var. radiosa, C. melosiroides, C. meneghiniana, C. meneghiniana fo. plana (C. meneghiniana var. plana), C. meneghiniana var. plana, C. meneghiniana var. stellulifera (C. stelligera), C. michiganiana, C. nana (Thalassiosira pseudonana), C. ocellata, C. ocellata-kutzingiana, C. operculata (C. distinguenda), C. operculata var. unipunctata (C. distinguenda var. unipunctata), C. operculata unipunctata (C. operculata var. unipunctata), C. planctonica, C. pseudostelligera, C. quadriiunta, C. radiosa, C.rossii, C. socialis, C. stelligera, C. striata, C. striata var. bipunctata, C. strisignata, C. temperei, C. thienemannii var. minuscula, C. woltereckii

Not native to the Great Lakes - C. atomus, C. cryptica, C. pseudostelligera, C. woltereckii - GLANSIS

Alternative Name Preferred: C. rotula (Stephanodiscus rotula), C. spinosa (Stephanodiscus niagarae)

Indiana University

Additional Photos:
University of Michigan
Michigan Tech - The Wall
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University - 2
Florida International University
California Academy of Sciences
Chapman Lab at Louisiana State University
Rocky Mountain National Park
Department of Marine Botany, Göteborg University, Sweden

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