Tabularia
(Kützing) Williams & Round 1986 Category: Araphid
TYPE SPECIES: Tabularia barbulata (Kützing) Williams & Round
CLASS: Fragilariophyceae
ORDER: Fragilariales
FAMILY: Fragilariaceae
- Valves with broad sternum
- Striae broad, shortened
- Apical porefield at each pole
- Rimoportula single on each valve
The species in Tabularia are robust and "needle-like", with a broad sternum. The striae are relatively broad and composed of complex areolae. An apical porefield is present at each pole. Each valve possesses a single rimoportula, positioned near one pole.
Tabularia includes species that were formerly considered in Synedra, including S. tabulata and S. fasciculata. Members of the genus are found in marine and brackish waters, and other sites high in total dissolved solids. Some species are considered indicators of anthropogenic impact in inland waters.
Cite This Page:
Spaulding, S., and Edlund, M. (2009). Tabularia. In Diatoms of the United States. Retrieved May 19, 2013, from http://westerndiatoms.colorado.edu/taxa/genus/Tabularia
Contributor: Sarah Spaulding | Mark Edlund - January 2009
Citations
Davidovich, N.A., Kaczmarska, I. and Ehrman, J.M. (2010). Heterothallic and homothallic sexual reproduction in Tabularia fasciculata (Bacillariophyta). Fottea 10: 251-266.
Patrick, R.M. and Reimer, C.W. (1966). The Diatoms of the United States exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii, V. 1. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13.
Williams, D.M. and Round, F.E. (1986). Revision of the genus Synedra Ehrenb. Diatom Research 1: 313-339.