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Tabellaria spp.

Tabellaria spp.

Profile: Cells form zig-zag/stellate or (rarely) straight colonies. Open water and littoral plankton. University of Michigan, California Academy of Sciences

D - T. flocculosa and T. fenestrata are dominant components of the spring diatom bloom in Lake Michigan.

3 Great Lakes Species (including alternative names and named varieties): T. fenestrata, T. fenestrata var. asterionelloides, T. fenestrata var. geniculata, T. fenestrata var. intermedia, T. flocculosa, T. flocculosa var. linearis, T. quadriseptata, T. trinodis (T. fenestrata)

EPA - GLNPO

Additional Photos
Great Lakes Diatom Home Page - University of Michigan
Michigan Tech - The Wall
California Academy of Sciences

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