APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Berkeleya rutilans (Trentepohl ex Roth) Grunow, 1880 - A Marine diatom (Microalgae images)
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Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- with 0.1mm division rule 1
Berkeleya rutilans
- with 0.1mm division rule 1
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- with 0.1mm division rule 2
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- close-up in container 1
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- on algae in lowershore pool 1
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- on algae in lowershore pool 2
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- in container 1
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- close-up of fronds 1
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- close-up of fronds 2
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- epiphyte in lowershore pools 1
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- on Sargassum muticum 1
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- point of attachment 1
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- point of attachment 2
Species found growing epiphytically on red algae in pools on the lowershore at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 08.01.15 and 04.02.15.
Diatom
Berkeleya rutilans
- attached to hard subtrate 1
Species found growing on hard substrate in pools on the lowershore near the slipway, SW Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn, Cornwall, 19.02.15.
I have been informed by Professor Michael Guiry that Berkeleya rutilans is the most likely species this can be because of the habit of the diatom. It should be noted the only way be to sure of what it is, is to look at the specimen under a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
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